Tag: security

All the articles with the tag "security".

• WiFi deAuther OLED v2.5 thoughts and review

  Updated: 5 Apr, 2026

  Hands-on review of the ESP8266-based WiFi deauthentication device with OLED display — covering beacon flood attacks, deauth range, and build quality issues found on the Tindie unit.

• Reverse Engineering IoT Devices

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  Updated: 5 Apr, 2026

  Reverse engineering a Syska smart LED bulb by sniffing unencrypted BLE packets with Wireshark and Android HCI logs, then replicating the RGB control protocol using Linux Bluez tools (CVE-2017-18642).

• IoT Security for Developers: Common Pitfalls and Best Practices

  30 Apr, 2017

  IoT security best practices for developers and startups — covering the do's and don'ts of securing connected devices, originally published as a guest blog on Mentor Graphics.