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Hacking the Zsun WiFi SD Card Reader

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Re: Hacking the Zsun WiFi SD Card Reader

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Wow it's only a $9 device (see below) Definitely trying this out. I wonder what the power draw is? Shame they didn't use microusb connector. No idea about the trustworthiness of this seller but use the page for general info and lots of photos: http://www.gearbest.com/memory-cards/pp_246125.html update: only $9.13 with coupon code GBJANRT and use paypal checkout for safety There is also a source on aliexpress that is…

It's currently £5 inc. delivery on Amazon.co.uk. This puts it into Raspberry Pi Zero and NodeMCU/ESP8266 territory. Add to the fact that internally it's not very different to the venerable TP-Link WR-703N and it's possibly a great OpenWRT device to tinker with. I've used Gearbest in the past. They're ok to order from generally, but their unsubscribe mailing list email link doesn't work and I had trouble ordering from…

Do you have a link on Amazon? I see it for £5.99 + £3.99 shipping

Re: Hacking the Zsun WiFi SD Card Reader

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Wow it's only a $9 device (see below) Definitely trying this out. I wonder what the power draw is? Shame they didn't use microusb connector. No idea about the trustworthiness of this seller but use the page for general info and lots of photos: http://www.gearbest.com/memory-cards/pp_246125.html update: only $9.13 with coupon code GBJANRT and use paypal checkout for safety There is also a source on aliexpress that is…

If you don't need sdcard reader, but want RJ45 for wired Ethernet and USB host port connectors out-of-the-box (as opposed to soldering to test-points on Zsun), ~ $7 will get you this:

http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/unbranded/a5-v11

Re: Hacking the Zsun WiFi SD Card Reader

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It's currently £5 inc. delivery on Amazon.co.uk. This puts it into Raspberry Pi Zero and NodeMCU/ESP8266 territory. Add to the fact that internally it's not very different to the venerable TP-Link WR-703N and it's possibly a great OpenWRT device to tinker with. I've used Gearbest in the past. They're ok to order from generally, but their unsubscribe mailing list email link doesn't work and I had trouble ordering from…

Do you have a link on Amazon? I see it for £5.99 + £3.99 shipping

Same. Can't spot anything cheaper on Amazon.co.uk. Note that it is dispatched from China...

Re: Hacking the Zsun WiFi SD Card Reader

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Yeah, a few days ago we noticed that our wiki pages fell off Google and Bing search results. No idea why, and Google Webmaster Tools aren't helpful, either. :(

You have tag on your pages. See: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/93710?hl=en

Ah, thanks. Apparently it was due to the indexdelay [1] option in dokuwiki, which I've now lowered.

[1] - https://www.dokuwiki.org/config:indexdelay

Re: Hacking the Zsun WiFi SD Card Reader

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Wow it's only a $9 device (see below) Definitely trying this out. I wonder what the power draw is? Shame they didn't use microusb connector. No idea about the trustworthiness of this seller but use the page for general info and lots of photos: http://www.gearbest.com/memory-cards/pp_246125.html update: only $9.13 with coupon code GBJANRT and use paypal checkout for safety There is also a source on aliexpress that is…

It's currently £5 inc. delivery on Amazon.co.uk. This puts it into Raspberry Pi Zero and NodeMCU/ESP8266 territory. Add to the fact that internally it's not very different to the venerable TP-Link WR-703N and it's possibly a great OpenWRT device to tinker with. I've used Gearbest in the past. They're ok to order from generally, but their unsubscribe mailing list email link doesn't work and I had trouble ordering from…

Except the pi zero has a 1ghz quad core processor and 512mb ram. This has 64mb and a terrible 400mhz single core processor (i think). So not really that comparable.

Also not forgetting that without modifying the chip it gives the Chinese company that makes it complete access to any files that go near it if it gets internet access.

Re: Hacking the Zsun WiFi SD Card Reader

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This is strange - original blog post is not searchable through google. All I see is pages that point to wiki.hackerspace.pl.

Yeah, a few days ago we noticed that our wiki pages fell off Google and Bing search results. No idea why, and Google Webmaster Tools aren't helpful, either. :(

can I ask you a dumb question since emeryth isn't on here (yet?)

mtd_write is that already on the device? if not where can I get the proper binary for its cpu?

ordered one for $9 shipped as a play-toy to see what it can do, will take a few weeks to get here though

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Yeah, a few days ago we noticed that our wiki pages fell off Google and Bing search results. No idea why, and Google Webmaster Tools aren't helpful, either. :(

can I ask you a dumb question since emeryth isn't on here (yet?) mtd_write is that already on the device? if not where can I get the proper binary for its cpu? ordered one for $9 shipped as a play-toy to see what it can do, will take a few weeks to get here though

It's already on there. :)

Re: Hacking the Zsun WiFi SD Card Reader

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Wow it's only a $9 device (see below) Definitely trying this out. I wonder what the power draw is? Shame they didn't use microusb connector. No idea about the trustworthiness of this seller but use the page for general info and lots of photos: http://www.gearbest.com/memory-cards/pp_246125.html update: only $9.13 with coupon code GBJANRT and use paypal checkout for safety There is also a source on aliexpress that is…

Another similar device is the gl.inet AR-150

$24 but you get 2xEthernet, USB host, stable openwrt, a button + 2 state switch (handy for triggering scripts) and the option of an external antenna.

https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/gl-inet/gl-ar150

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/GL-iNet-GL-AR150-150Mbps-WiFi...

I'm so tempted to order this for $9 but I don't really have a use for it!

Re: Hacking the Zsun WiFi SD Card Reader

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There are also a lot of 'smart wifi plugs' which use the same chipset (although with less RAM), which can be bought for ~$20: http://www.anites.com/2015/01/hacking-kankun-smart-wifi-plug...

Interesting. IS it wrong that my first thought was that they look benign and unobtrusive enough that they could be easily socially engineered into somewhere to start scanning for vulnerabilities... ? When flashed with the appropriate firmware of course.

https://xkcd.com/1494/

Seemed relevant.

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Interesting. IS it wrong that my first thought was that they look benign and unobtrusive enough that they could be easily socially engineered into somewhere to start scanning for vulnerabilities... ? When flashed with the appropriate firmware of course.

https://xkcd.com/1494/ Seemed relevant.

LOL.

Not sure it's 100% applicable, but certainly my proposal would indeed by illegal black-hattery, unless done by a legit pen-tester.

I'd never do such a thing, but I might now be more aware that the little plastic block attached to the socket over there could easily be a cheap, full linux system running some sort of metasploit/neopwn variant...

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