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Reverse Engineering Radios – ARM Binary Images in IDA Pro

Posted on 2. January 20224. January 2022

In this article I will demonstrate how to start a basic analysis of an ARM firmware image. As an example we will take a look into the widely available firmware of ANYTONE 878UVII radios. The techniques explained in this article can also be used for other ARM based firmware and for images of a wide…

ANYTONE Factory Settings Mode and Serial Communication (USB)

Posted on 1. January 20227. January 2022

The ANYTONE 878UV and most likely most other radios based on the same firmware have a secret factory settings mode. This mode is already know as “full test / self adjustment mode”. Details about it can be found here. This mode allows the a technician to fine tune various settings within the firmware. The currently…

Card-Sort Robot

Posted on 22. August 202122. August 2021

Everyone who knows me finds out that I have a strange dedication to trading cards from the 90s. A long time ago I made a private project to detect cards by image recognition. The project is sort of unique until today and during the last Corona winter my buddy Christian Walter picked up the idea…

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