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Exploitee.rs
Personal blog · blog.exploitee.rssecurityhardware
Exploitee.rs is a personal blog at blog.exploitee.rs about security and hardware. Since 2015, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Hacking the Western Digital MyCloud NAS”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link this blog for its hacking research: a Chromecast rooting post showing the device runs a modified Google TV base, and a 2017 post on hacking Western Digital My Cloud NAS devices.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Hacking the Western Digital MyCloud NAS3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-03-06
- /2013/chromecast-exploiting-the-newest-device-by-google/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-11-02
What Hacker News says?
Google's marketing department claimed it ran Chrome OS. However, a group managed to root it and figured out it was "more Android than ChromeOS", derived from Google TV of all things: https://blog.exploitee.rs/2013/chromecast-exploiting-the-new...
Comment linking /2013/chromecast-exploiting-the-newest-device-by-google/
on “Chrome OS is here to stay”Submitted Hacking the Western Digital MyCloud NAS as a story · 3 points
HN discussionAccording to the people who rooted the chromecast a couple years ago -- https://blog.exploitee.rs/2013/chromecast-exploiting-the-new... -- the chromecast is using a modified Google TV base. So any hacking between the two platforms wouldn't be easily transferred. Even with the chromecast 2, there probably won't be easily transferable exploits as that is using a Marvell chip at its core.
Comment linking /2013/chromecast-exploiting-the-newest-device-by-google/
on “Google and ASUS Launch the $85 Chromebit, a Chrome OS Desktop on an HDMI Stick”Submitted Gaining Root on the Google OnHub as a story · 2 points
HN discussion2015 https://sites.psu.edu/ist110pursel/2015/10/24/my-passport-se... 2017 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/owners-of-wdt... 2017 https://blog.exploitee.rs/2017/hacking_wd_mycloud/ 2018 https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/08/wd_mycloud_nas_back... https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/researcher-f... https://www.techpowerup.com/240306/western-digital-ships-som... "However, since more than 6…
Comment linking /2017/hacking_wd_mycloud/
on “Hackers claim vast access to Western Digital systems”Submitted Exploiting VBulletin: “A Tale of a Patch Fail” as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hacking the Western Digital MyCloud NAS as a story · 1 points
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