Comments on: Black Hat 2007 Other Wireless

By: Spadefinger

Spadefinger — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 19:03:06 +0000

Try http://www.gyration.com . I have a 100+ foot range media center remote that works great.

By: phnx

phnx — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:37:42 +0000

Yeah, pretty much figured I’d need tools I have no idea how to use, much less afford, to more of less clone the signal…

My KB has media buttons on it already… And I am wanting something like a tv remote, but radio in place of infrared, IR needs line of sight unless you can bounce it around. My Logitechs have quite the range, 25+ feet through a couple of walls and a floor. More or less anywhere in the house… My Creative SB Audigy2 and both of my ATI TV capture cards came with remotes, but all three are IR… I keep expecting to see someone (hack or corp.) make a radio media remote.

Am I missing something? Radio seems to work fine for the KBandMouse, don’t see how a media remote could be an exception…

By: Eliot

Eliot — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:28:05 +0000

I didn’t get to the RDS-TMC talk (I was waiting for the new shirts to be delivered). Was it good? It looks like they’re doing it at Defcon too so I’ll try to catch it there.

By: knvb1123

knvb1123 — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:10:09 +0000

Is any of this Blackhat available as video files online? I’d love to watch but I’m only a student and can’t afford to go.

By: petebow4

petebow4 — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:48:07 +0000

Well as mentioned the speaker has not cracked the actual wireless encryption scheme for the keyboard. But you could get a RF transmitter and receiver and hook it up to a microcontroller that would mimic the keypress on a keyboard. You’d need a scope to figure out the signal being sent when a certain key is pressed on the keyboard. But if you could figure out the signal and recreate it, the microcontroller could tap into the TX device and send the signal to the receiver. You wouldn’t actually have cracked the encryption scheme, but you would be able to send signals on your own.

By: Chris Hart

Chris Hart — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:18:54 +0000

2> If you are wanting to control it through your wireless keyboard, use keys z-b. They match with the 5 main control buttons.

If you are wanting to use something like a tv remote, look at the winlirc project.

By: phnx

phnx — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:06:45 +0000

I’ve been interested in this for a bit actually. I’d like to make a hand held transmitter to control WinAMP via my LogiTech Wireless KB/Mouse. Anyone have any ideas?

By: yan

yan — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:15:47 +0000

I am just waiting until you guys update on the RDS-TMC talk. It’s almost over and it was great, relevant stuff.