Tinyhack
tinyhack.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2014
Tinyhack is a security researcher's blog on reverse engineering, exploits, ransomware decryption, and hardware hacking.
What HN saysHN links it for technical write-ups like decrypting Akira ransomware files with GPUs, and for a fix for a USB radio dongle.
19HN people shared it
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Most-shared posts
- 1Decrypting encrypted files from Akira ransomware using a bunch of GPUs3 people · 263 points · first shared 2025 · 58 comments on HN
- 2Implementing a web server in a single printf() call3 people · 250 points · first shared 2014 · 39 comments on HN
- 3Mastercard Internet Gateway Service: Hashing Design Flaw3 people · 133 points · first shared 2017 · 20 comments on HN
- 4Reverse Engineering Pokémon Go Plus2 people · 74 points · first shared 2018 · 5 comments on HN
- 5Extract sensitive data from Android 12/13 apps via "run-as" forgery2 people · 3 points · first shared 2024 · 1 comments on HN
- 6Exploiting the Futex Bug and uncovering Towelroot2 people · 2 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 7When you deleted /lib on Linux while still connected via SSH (2022)1 people · 191 points · first shared 2025 · 111 comments on HN
- 8Reverse Engineering a Flutter App by Recompiling Flutter Engi1 people · 4 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 9RFID based toy/game for toddlers1 people · 3 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 10Fixing osmo fl2k dongle that only works in usb 2 01 people · first shared 2018
- 11Dissecting a mediatek bootrom exploit1 people · first shared 2024
What HN people wrote when they linked it
infosecrf · 2018-05-06
Some cheap "blue" no-brand dongles don't have USB 3.0 traces:
http://tinyhack.com/2018/05/05/fixing-osmo-fl2k-dongle-that-only-works…
Maiwo KCB003 dongle contains FL2K chip and have USB 3.0 ($15)
https://www.gearbest.com/cables-connectors/pp_1238337.html?wid=1433363…
Source: https://hackernoon.com/osmo-fl2k-a-15-dtv-transmitter-fm-radio-hijack-…
userbinator · 2025-03-25
"Factory reset" is a misnomer, a true factory reset would completely erase the internal storage and replace it with a clean copy of the OS.
If that phone is based on a Mediatek SoC, I believe a true reset is possible - look up SPFlashTool and read about this useful exploit:
https://tinyhack.com/2021/01/31/dissecting-a-mediatek-bootrom-exploit/
adzm · 2025-03-17
Linked in the article, but the post describing the details is here: https://tinyhack.com/2025/03/13/decrypting-encrypted-files-from-akira-…