HackRF One
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It can send and receive signals across a frequency range of 1 MHz to 6 GHz with maximum output power up to 15 dBm.[1][2] Great Scott Gadgets manufactures the HackRF One, a half-duplex transceiver for wide band software defined radio.[1]
Quick Facts
- Frequency range
- 1 MHz to 6 GHz
- Maximum output power
- up to 15 dBm
- Manufacturer
- Great Scott Gadgets
- Principal designer
- Michael Ossmann
Facts from the source article.
Key facts and history
Principal designer Michael Ossmann launched a successful Kickstarter campaign for HackRF in 2014.[1] Its open source nature has attracted hackers, amateur radio enthusiasts, and information security practitioners.[1] In 2015, Kimmo Heinäaro presented a paper on hacking military tactical communications with HackRF One.[3] Media reports have criticized HackRF One for its potential to intercept and replay key fob signals.[4]
GNU Radio and SDR# are among the popular software defined radio programs that work with HackRF One.[5] Talks at security conferences such as BlackHat, DEF CON, and BSides have frequently featured the device.[5] A GPS spoofing attack that fed false signals to a vehicle was described by researchers in 2017.[6]
What the cited sources add
A 2017 HuffPost UK article states HackRF One retails at £257 and is marketed for developing radio technologies.[7] The same article reports that HackRF One uses a jammer to circumvent encryption in car key fobs.[7] A December 2015 article on rtl-sdr.com notes that wireless keyfobs controlling many cars are vulnerable to attacks using low-cost tools like HackRF.[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "HackRF One" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Update 24: Antennas · HackRF, an open source SDR platform", Kickstarter (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "HackRF One" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "HackRF One Documentation", hackrf.readthedocs.io (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "HackRF One" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Military Communications and Information Systems (ICMCIS), 2015 International Conference on : date 18-19 May 2015", 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "HackRF One" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Amazon And eBay Slammed For Selling Device That Lets Thieves Break Into Cars", HuffPost UK, 2017-05-15; Sandeman, "Amazon sells gadget used for breaking into cars", The Times, 2017-05-15 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "HackRF One" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ossmann, "hackrf: low cost software radio platform", 2018-02-17; "Black Hat USA 2017", www.blackhat.com; Adrian Crenshaw, "RT100 Using a HackRF One to Infiltrate the Digital Thetford Wall Patrick Perry", 2015-09-12; "Software defined radio talks from Defcon 23 - rtl-sdr.com", www.rtl-sdr.com, 5 December 2015 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "HackRF One" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "HotMobile'17 : proceedings of the 18th International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications : February 21-22, 2017, Sonoma, CA, USA", 21 February 2017 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Amazon And eBay Slammed For Selling Device That Lets Thieves Break Into Cars", HuffPost UK, 2017-05-15. facts only, no text reused. huffingtonpost.co.uk
- "Software defined radio talks from Defcon 23 - rtl-sdr.com", www.rtl-sdr.com, 5 December 2015. facts only, no text reused. rtl-sdr.com
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- Wikipedia: HackRF One (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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