Security Engineer [Guillaume Quéré] spends the day penetration testing systems for their employer and has pointed out and successfully exploited a rather obvious weakness in the BitLocker full volume encryption …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/25/bypassing-bitlocker-with-a-logic-analzyer/)

Microsoft Discontinues Kinect, Again
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/26/microsoft-discontinues-kinect-again/

The Kinect is a depth-sensing camera peripheral originally designed as a accessory for the Xbox gaming console, and it quickly found its way into hobbyist and research projects. After a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/26/microsoft-discontinues-kinect-again/)

A VFD Dot Matrix Makes This Cyberdeck Special
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/26/a-vfd-dot-matrix-makes-this-cyberdeck-special/

We’ve had cyberdecks as part of the scenery for long enough now that there are a series of common elements that appear across many different builds. The Raspberry Pi, for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/26/a-vfd-dot-matrix-makes-this-cyberdeck-special/)

How Do They Do That?
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/26/how-do-they-do-that/

Last week’s Chaos Communication Camp is kinda a big deal: 6,000 hackers all out in a field all need power, food, drink, networking, and of course, sewage in the middle …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/26/how-do-they-do-that/)

Impulse Buying a 3040 CNC Machine, What Could Go Wrong?
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/26/impulse-buying-a-3040-cnc-machine-what-could-go-wrong/

[joekutz] made an impulse purchase of a CNC machine. It was a 3040 CNC that looked reasonably complete and had an attractive price, what could possibly go wrong? As it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/26/impulse-buying-a-3040-cnc-machine-what-could-go-wrong/)

Kitchen Steganography with Turmeric
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/26/kitchen-steganography-with-turmeric/

It is a classic rite of passage for nerdy kids to write secret messages using lemon juice. If you somehow missed that, you can’t see the writing until you heat …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/26/kitchen-steganography-with-turmeric/)

GTA 6 Hacker Found to Be Teen With Amazon Fire Stick In Small Town Hotel Room
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/26/gta-6-hacker-found-to-be-teen-with-amazon-fire-stick-in-small-town-hotel-room/

International cybercrime, as portrayed by the movies and mass media, is a high-stakes game of shadowy government agencies and state-sponsored hacking groups. Hollywood casting will wheel out a character in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/08/26/gta-6-hacker-found-to-be-teen-with-amazon-fire-stick-in-small-town-hotel-room/)

Going to Extremes to Block YouTube Ads
https://hackaday.com/2023/08/26/going-to-extremes-to-block-youtube-ads/