Trump may be beginning of end for ‘ #enshittification’ – this is our chance to make #tech good again by #CoryDoctorow
There is only one reason world isn’t bursting with wildly profitable products and projects that disenshittify #US’s defective products: “anti-circumvention” law bans #reverseengineering that is the necessary prelude to modifying an existing product to make it work better for its users (at the expense of its manufacturer). But the Trump #tariffs change that.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/trump-beginning-of-end-enshittification-make-tech-good-again

Trump may be beginning of end for ‘ #enshittification’ – this is our chance to make #tech good again by #CoryDoctorow
There is only one reason world isn’t bursting with wildly profitable products and projects that disenshittify #US’s defective products: “anti-circumvention” law bans #reverseengineering that is the necessary prelude to modifying an existing product to make it work better for its users (at the expense of its manufacturer). But the Trump #tariffs change that.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/trump-beginning-of-end-enshittification-make-tech-good-again

Reverse Engineering the Epson FilmScan 200 for Classic Mac

https://ronangaillard.github.io/posts/reverse-engineering-epson-filmscan-200/

#HackerNews #ReverseEngineering #EpsonFilmScan200 #ClassicMac #RetroTech #MacHacks

Hello and welcome to the second installment of #nakeddiefriday in this new year!

Today's image is of a M37620E8FP, a Mitsubishi microcontroller. This should be one from "group 7620" but I did not find a datasheet for this one. Custom markings on the package likely identify the ROM and its version.

Full-res pano: https://siliconprawn.org/map/mitsubishi/m37620m8-/infosecdj_mz_nikpa40x_50p/

Many thanks to @RueNahcMohr for supplying this sample!

#electronics #reverseengineering #icre

Hello and welcome to the second installment of #nakeddiefriday in this new year!

Today's image is of a M37620E8FP, a Mitsubishi microcontroller. This should be one from "group 7620" but I did not find a datasheet for this one. Custom markings on the package likely identify the ROM and its version.

Full-res pano: https://siliconprawn.org/map/mitsubishi/m37620m8-/infosecdj_mz_nikpa40x_50p/

Many thanks to @RueNahcMohr for supplying this sample!

#electronics #reverseengineering #icre

Can anyone recognize this IC? Looking for its p/n and a datasheet ideally. Handles all the analog audio paths in a portable cassette player.

EDIT: A knock-off of Mitsumi LAG668F.

#electronics #reverseengineering

Can anyone recognize this IC? Looking for its p/n and a datasheet ideally. Handles all the analog audio paths in a portable cassette player.

EDIT: A knock-off of Mitsumi LAG668F.

#electronics #reverseengineering

Reverse Engineering a Mysterious UDP Stream in My Hotel (2016)

https://www.gkbrk.com/hotel-music

#HackerNews #ReverseEngineering #UDPStream #HotelMystery #TechExploration #NetworkAnalysis

AMD entered the CPU market with reverse-engineered Intel 8080 clone 50 years ago

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-first-entered-the-cpu-market-with-reverse-engineered-intel-8080-clone-50-years-ago-the-am9080-cost-50-cents-apiece-to-make-but-sold-for-usd700

#HackerNews #AMD #Intel #CPU #History #ReverseEngineering #TechAnniversary

🦀 Looking for Rust malware samples to practice analyzing? Our Rust Malware Sample Gallery just received a major update, with 20 new families added! https://github.com/decoderloop/rust-malware-gallery

The Sample Gallery collects links to articles about malware written in Rust, organizes them by malware family, and includes a download link to a publicly available sample for every malware family. This is a resource for any malware analyst who wants to get hands-on with real Rust malware.

The last time the Sample Gallery was updated was almost 2 years ago, in January 2024. Since then, there's been an explosive growth in new Rust malware, including all of the following families that are now in the Sample Gallery:

SPICA, KrustyLoader, RustDoor, SSLoad, Fickle Stealer, Cicada3301 Ransomware, RustyClaw, Embargo Ransomware, RustyAttr, Akira Ransomware (both the Akira_v2 and Megazord variants), Banshee (Rust variant), RALord Ransomware, RustoBot, Tetra Loader, EDDIESTEALER, Myth Stealer, Rustonotto, RustyPages, ChaosBot

This is nearly one new Rust malware family observed in the wild, every month. Rust as a programming language for malware is here to stay!

#rust #rustlang #malware #infosec #ReverseEngineering #MalwareAnalysis #reversing

🦀 Looking for Rust malware samples to practice analyzing? Our Rust Malware Sample Gallery just received a major update, with 20 new families added! https://github.com/decoderloop/rust-malware-gallery

The Sample Gallery collects links to articles about malware written in Rust, organizes them by malware family, and includes a download link to a publicly available sample for every malware family. This is a resource for any malware analyst who wants to get hands-on with real Rust malware.

The last time the Sample Gallery was updated was almost 2 years ago, in January 2024. Since then, there's been an explosive growth in new Rust malware, including all of the following families that are now in the Sample Gallery:

SPICA, KrustyLoader, RustDoor, SSLoad, Fickle Stealer, Cicada3301 Ransomware, RustyClaw, Embargo Ransomware, RustyAttr, Akira Ransomware (both the Akira_v2 and Megazord variants), Banshee (Rust variant), RALord Ransomware, RustoBot, Tetra Loader, EDDIESTEALER, Myth Stealer, Rustonotto, RustyPages, ChaosBot

This is nearly one new Rust malware family observed in the wild, every month. Rust as a programming language for malware is here to stay!

#rust #rustlang #malware #infosec #ReverseEngineering #MalwareAnalysis #reversing

Reverse engineering a $1B Legal AI tool exposed 100k+ confidential files

https://alexschapiro.com/security/vulnerability/2025/12/02/filevine-api-100k

#HackerNews #ReverseEngineering #LegalAI #ConfidentialFiles #Security #Vulnerability #DataBreach

A Reverse Engineer's Anatomy of the macOS Boot Chain and Security Architecture

https://stack.int.mov/a-reverse-engineers-anatomy-of-the-macos-boot-chain-security-architecture/

#HackerNews #ReverseEngineering #macOS #BootChain #SecurityArchitecture #TechInsights #CyberSecurity

Just dropped: my RECON 2025 talk on Rust library recognition in malware! 🦀

I present RIFT—a tool that tackles one of the trickier problems in modern malware analysis, rust library recognition in malicious software.

https://youtu.be/_JiuYkFzVgg?si=7GAVhfyNOzLjPZnS

Worth a watch if you're into RE or malware research.

#malware #reverseengineering #cybersecurity #rift #microsoft

Reversing a Cinema Camera's Peripherals Port

https://3nt3.de/blog/reversing-fs7-comms

#HackerNews #Reversing #Cinema #Camera #Peripherals #Port #FilmTech #ReverseEngineering #CameraHacks

Reverse Engineering Yaesu FT-70D Firmware Encryption

https://landaire.net/reversing-yaesu-firmware-encryption/

#HackerNews #ReverseEngineering #Yaesu #FT70D #Firmware #Encryption #Hacking #Technology #RadioCommunications

I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours

https://james.belchamber.com/articles/blood-pressure-monitor-reverse-engineering/

#HackerNews #reverseengineering #bloodpressuremonitor #techstories #hackinghealthcare

Reverse engineering Codex CLI to get GPT-5-Codex-Mini to draw me a pelican

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/9/gpt-5-codex-mini/

#HackerNews #ReverseEngineering #CodexCLI #GPT5 #CodexMini #Pelican #AIArt

Reverse engineering a neural network's clever solution to binary addition (2023)

https://cprimozic.net/blog/reverse-engineering-a-small-neural-network/

#HackerNews #ReverseEngineering #NeuralNetworks #BinaryAddition #AIResearch #2023 #Insights