Technology
The CIA's Operation Acoustic Kitty failed because nobody stopped to ask:
"Even if we CAN make a cyborg cat, will it actually follow directions?"
Anyone who's owned a cat could have answered that question for free.
Read about it 👇
https://investigator515.substack.com/p/silent-wars-the-acoustic-kitty
"If we would not endure a king as a political power, we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sales of the necessaries of life."
Using the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 and some custom code, feature writer Simon builds a custom, software-defined radio system.
https://medium.com/radio-hackers/python-radio-51-a-peek-under-the-covers-179f4d3e5bcf
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In the latest What The Tech?!, we explore the history of the Microscope.
https://www.bulbapp.io/p/ef90f1ce-1dbd-4867-befd-63ce5a841ede/what-the-tech-microscopes?s_id=da4da22b-44ab-4c18-9071-89ab5b55ff11
Some interesting nuggets in the latest Telegram wrap
https://www.bulbapp.io/p/b36bc98d-2ea7-42f8-a27f-425a28615958/the-telegram-wrap-glonass-modules-orlan-elint-the-silvus-antenna
Don’t let people convince you that cyber just means responding to alerts in SOC.
There’s a whole world of protocols, systems and technology to explore and the best fun comes from playing with radios.
Read about it 👇
https://investigator515.substack.com/p/scada-over-radio-vulnerabilities
In the latest Exploring Espionage article, we explore the history and development of the fast af MiG-25 Foxbat
It's out now on all platforms.
https://medium.com/silent-wars/exploring-espionage-the-mig-25-foxbat-
In this historical hack, we look at the 2014 Heartbleed incident.
https://www.bulbapp.io/p/90b51688-8472-4903-8a80-5d36735755af/historical-hacks-heartbleed-2014
