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The Wi-Fi Dev board of the Flipper Zero
Here's how scarily easy the Flipper Zero makes it to host fake Wi-Fi hotspots and steal your data

It can be used for nefarious purposes, but the Flipper Zero can host Evil Portals thanks to its WiFi Devboard module.

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The Flipper Zero is a Swiss army knife for hacking, and you can use it to test networks around you and learn about how they work. One thing that you can do as well if you have the WiFi Devboard module is host web portals on your Flipper Zero. These web portals can be used for all kinds of things, including collecting data from people around you. This particular application is called "Evil Portal."

Flipper Zero in ahnd, showing home screen
Where is the Flipper Zero banned?

With the Flipper Zero being a highly contentious tool, there's talk of it being banned in some countries.

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The Flipper Zero, a versatile pen-testing tool dubbed by many to be a Swiss army knife of hacking, has captured the attention of governments worldwide, as they closely monitor its capabilities and potential implications for cybersecurity. While it's not capable of anything that other devices weren't already, its unique selling point is that it manages to put all of it into one single device. There are a couple of countries that ban the Flipper Zero outright, but there are many countries that have a gray area stance on it.

Flipper Zero in-hand with Wi-Fi dev board on top
The Flipper Zero reveals how insecure our security really is

The Flipper Zero has been doing rounds as a viral swiss army knife of hacking, but it's merely a tool that exposes the problems around us.

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If you've seen the viral videos of Flipper Zero devices being used to hack into different places and gain access to things that the user shouldn't, you would understandably be pretty spooked. But what if I told you that this isn't something unique to the Flipper Zero, and tools that are capable of all of that have existed for quite a while already?

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How to install custom firmware on the Flipper Zero

A custom firmware is something that you should install on your Flipper Zero, and here's how to do it.

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If you've picked up a Flipper Zero and want to unleash its full potential, then you should consider installing a custom firmware. To do things like test your own Wi-Fi security or to unlock additional features, you'll need a custom firmware to do that. It's not a locked down device as such, but there's simply more that you can do.

Flipper Zero in-hand with Wi-Fi dev board on top
How to use Flipper Zero to test the security of your home network

The Flipper Zero is a great tool for pentesting, and here's one way you can use it to test the security of your home network.

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The Flipper Zero is a fun little hacking tool, and I've been playing around with one that I purchased for my own usage recently. It's a learning process, and is a great way to figure out how the various protocols that I interact with in my day to day life actually work. One thing I put to the test was its ability to help test the security of my own home internet, using the Flipper Zero to break into my own network without even the password.

Flipper Zero in ahnd, showing home screen
Flipper Zero: What it is, how you can use it

The Flipper Zero is a swiss army knife of hacking tools, and it can do so much that you wouldn't expect.

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The Flipper Zero is a tool that's been in the news a lot recently, particularly in Canada where the current government proposed to ban it. It's essentially a swiss army knife of penetration testing and hacking, but much of what it can do was already possible through other tools. The Flipper Zero just puts it all in one device, where computers, Android phones, and Raspberry Pi devices could be used instead.

Doom on a Tractor
How a version of Doom running on a John Deere tractor champions the right-to-repair movement

A researcher showed off a version of Doom running on a John Deere Universal Display while also championing the right-to-repair movement.

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Right to repair has been a hot topic over the past several years. As products have become more complicated, so has the process of repairing them. Thankfully, some companies, Samsung, Google, and Apple, just to name a few, are leaning into the movement, offerings parts and repair manuals for some of their products. But there are still so many other brands unwilling to participate, making it as difficult as possible to repair their products. John Deere, the tractor company, falls in the latter category. Now it looks like things might be changing, as a security researcher has recently shared his efforts to crack open John Deere's tractor software, giving operators new hope.

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Top 5 PUBG Mobile Cheats You Should be Aware of

PUBG Mobile is infected with hackers. Here we detail the most common PUBG Mobile Cheats such players use to gain an unfair advantage.

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Being one of the most popular mobile games out there, PUBG Mobile continues to attract a wide audience, which also includes a number of cheaters or hackers. The game developers have been pretty active and vocal regarding the use of cheats and earlier this year started publishing weekly reports. According to its latest anti-cheat report from last week (9th October to 15th October) over 2,872,644 accounts were permanently banned from PUBG Mobile.

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Developer turns a wired Android Auto head unit into a wireless one

A developer has managed to turn a wired Android Auto head unit into a wireless one, connecting his device successfully with the help of an auxiliary device.

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Although Android Auto is one of the most used software for modern car head units (alongside Apple's CarPlay), it has a lot of shortcomings. One of the biggest ones being that most Android Auto-powered head units don't have the ability to connect to your device wirelessly. This is set to change, but in order to get wireless capabilities, consumers would have to upgrade their cars or their head units, and probably their phones too. This kind of upgrade is out of most people's budget—and that's the main reason why XDA Recognized Developer Emil Borconi is working on a workaround.