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Wirelesslab

Embedded device and RF security testing on an isolated, faculty-supervised hardware bench.

Role
Undergraduate researcher
Status
Ongoing
Group
Machine Psychology Group, Cyberpunk Division
Tools
Flipper Zero, Marauder, aircrack-ng, Kismet
sub-GHz

Overview

The hardware half

Applying the offensive methodology behind BadToken to a physical attack surface, producing a device-security findings report as a companion to the LLM work. Being hands-on with techniques I read about in advisories means that when one shows up in an alert, I know what it looks like from the other side.

Techniques

What gets tested

  • Rogue AP / evil twin: a captive-portal access point that captures associating client MAC addresses and DHCP-assigned IPs to a live monitor.
  • Wi-Fi auditing: scanning, packet capture, deauthentication, and handshake analysis with Marauder, aircrack-ng, and Kismet.
  • Sub-GHz RF: capture and replay for access-control and keyfob research.
  • RFID / NFC: credential read, clone, and modify workflows across low- and high-frequency tags.
  • BadUSB / HID: scripted payloads for physical-access and endpoint-hardening testing.

Evidence

From the bench

evil-portal: client monitor (isolated lab)
# isolated lab AP, self-owned test client
$ clients --watch
 
CLIENT 1/1
MAC : 0E:74:1D:B4:86:0A
IP : 192.168.4.2
Joined: 21:37:06

A self-owned test device associating with the lab portal. The MAC is a randomized client address on a private subnet.

Scope

How the work is bounded

Scope and ethics. Every asset is owned by or explicitly authorized for the research group, and all testing happens on an air-gapped bench. My faculty mentor reviews scope before each new exploit class, and any finding with real-world implications goes through coordinated disclosure. No third-party networks, no production systems, no unauthorized targets.

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