Black Hills Information Security
blackhillsinfosec.com · Company blog · on HN since 2016
Black Hills Information Security's blog on penetration testing, password cracking, threat detection, and the Backdoors and Breaches incident response card game.
What HN saysHN links it mainly for Backdoors and Breaches, the card game that commenters note is also playable online. No opinions on the blog itself.
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thinkmassive · 2024-01-24
Black Hills Infosec produces a physical card game and expansion sets. Also available to play online:
Web: https://play.backdoorsandbreaches.com/
VTT: https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/backdoors-breaches-tabletop-simulato…
milesvp · 2021-08-09
I thought that board looked interesting. Looks like a $50 cellular board, includes 500MB of data over 10 years (though with missing fineprint according the the HN thread). Might not be a terrible board to design around. Though adding it to your BOM will make your final retail cost on the order of $450.
Some creative googling got me this, for a different starting point. Looks like it might be a useful project writeup dealing with SDR and connecting to some cellular sources.
https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/intro-to-software-defined-radio-and-…
I'm not sure how common open SDR hardware is, though some forum threads seem to suggest the Hackrf schematics are here, and are meant to be replicated:
https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf
I think one of the big problems is ultimately going to be dealing with phone companies. I think that will ultimately stymie any open efforts in this space, since at the end of the day, you need someone to accept your cellular traffic.