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Reversemode
Personal blog · reversemode.comsecurityhardware
Reversemode is a personal blog at reversemode.com about security and hardware. Since 2010, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “SATCOM terminals under attack in Europe: a plausible analysis”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-06-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Reversemode as a source on satellite terminal security, including the Viasat incident and attacks on ground-terminal firmware, and on reverse engineering of France Identité. No commenter praises the writing directly.
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?
- SATCOM terminals under attack in Europe: a plausible analysis2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-03-07
- Viasat incident: from speculation to technical details2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-04-02
What Hacker News says?
They attacked the firmware of customer terminals on the ground via a management network, not the satellites themselves. See, among others: https://www.viasat.com/about/newsroom/blog/ka-sat-network-cy... https://www.reversemode.com/2022/03/viasat-incident-from-spe... The terminal firmware had a bunch of security vulnerabilities allowing injection of arbitrary executables and commands without adequate signature verifi…
Comment linking /2022/03/viasat-incident-from-speculation-to.html
on “Want to pwn a satellite? Turns out it's surprisingly easy”Submitted SATCOM terminals under attack in Europe: a plausible analysis as a story · 357 points
HN discussionSo far, regional SATCOM terminals were disabled. https://www.reversemode.com/2022/03/satcom-terminals-under-a... Articles about why its so limited: https://www.lawfareblog.com/cyber-realism-time-war https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/03/11-reason...
Comment linking /2022/03/satcom-terminals-under-attack-in-europe.html
on “Ask HN: Where’s the Russia-Ukraine Cyberwar?”Submitted Reversing Industrial Firmware for Fun and Backdoors I as a story · 86 points
HN discussionMe neither but I don't security if I can avoid it. Here's his site, for those who don't want to do a search right now: [1]. [1]: https://www.reversemode.com/p/about-me.html
Comment linking /p/about-me.html
on “Reversing 'France Identité': The New French Digital ID”Submitted Viasat incident: from speculation to technical details as a story · 83 points
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