Hey all,
I want to write an app that basically uses the CCD's in the camera as a spectrometer; to get a readout of intensity vs wavelength and maybe later use the data to draw spectral lines. However, I can't find an API in the SDK to do get this info and nor can I find anything useful in /dev.
Is it possible to get this information from software? If it requires root, then I'm ok with that but obviously non-root is preferable. Any ideas?
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Hello all,
Its been a long time no speak on this forum for a while, I have finally made the jump from WM (HTC LEO/SE X1) to Android on a Dell Streak. Admittedly I am still waiting on a stable o2 sanctioned version of Froyo to put SENSE UI on!
My question here relates to Firesheep, an add on for Firefox that allows packet capture on public WiFi networks. I was wondering if anyone could port this application to android as a stand alone App, or if anything else similar had been developed?
I hope someone can give me an answer at least to the feasibility of this request.
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I too would love to know hehe
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It would require drivers for the wireless chipset in the phone to be put in promiscious/monitor mode to capture packets, as far as I know, neither is possible, unfortunately.
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It would require drivers for the wireless chipset in the phone to be put in promiscious/monitor mode to capture packets, as far as I know, neither is possible, unfortunately.
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Couldn't it run in firefox mobile
monitor mode in galaxy S
There is an app available in market called pixie who get the promiscuous mode for the wifi interface. I'm able to capture packets in Samsung Galaxy S (GT-I9000) with the app installed.
Now we're waiting for firesheep realease for android... it's impossible to install the XPI in Firefox mobile beta...
Yeah, I tried porting the XPI over to firefox mobile, but it wont work without a packet capture utility, like WinPcap, which is used with the normal Firefox Win version.
I would be definately interested in seeing where this goes though...
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Yeah, I tried porting the XPI over to firefox mobile, but it wont work without a packet capture utility, like WinPcap, which is used with the normal Firefox Win version.
I would be definately interested in seeing where this goes though...
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It is also working in OSX so I guess libpcap should be enough to use it. By reading this http://seclists.org/tcpdump/2010/q1/98 it seems that there is support for Android. However you will need root access to use it.
This thread, discussing Shark for Root app, refers to a lot of functions that firesheep uses: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725692
Perhaps using libpcap/tcpdump (as janfsd suggested), we can port this over. Root is a must though, true...
any updates?
i need this for my N1
Tanks
Bumping for an update on this project!
Found this thread in google. Try http://faceniff.ponury.net/ I've wrote it yesterday I wrote it to sniff only facebook accounts but it can be easily modified to other services.
Hello!!
This is awesome! wooow! I don't mean the fact that you can steal web session profiles,
but the fact that an Android application can open an interface e.g. WIFI and realise sniffing -
network monitoring without being run as root or system. To do so, an application should be
signed with the platform's key : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6010796/run-secure-api-calls-as-root-android
How is this possible?? I am really wondering about that. Some time ago I tried to port
jNetPcap, so as to use it in an Android application for monitoring the WIFI. I successfully
ported it but I couldn't read the list of Android interfaces from its API and realise web
monitoring.. (see here for details: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5966603/jnetpcap-on-android-problem-with-findalldevs-method,
http://jnetpcap.com/node/792)
I am really wondering how faceniff faces this problem??
e.g. Shark for Android runs an instance of libpcap in the background and derives the
appropriate information from the pcap traces..
What faceniff do to get the information it wants, e.g. the web sessions?? I am
really curious about that.. Any ideas?
faceniff runs as root....
Yes, but how is it possible to make an application that runs as root?
There is no Android permission you can use in Android manifest to give you
such privileges.. Even other Android applications that run only in rooted phones
cannot open an interface an capture traffic, and for this reason they run in the
background a tcpdump and process the pcap traces it produces (e.g. Shark for
Android).
is anybody here that knows how faceniff can capture packets??
I know how it works because I wrote it
It has a binary file which lies in /data/data/net.ponury.faceniff/
Then the java app executes "su" (to gain root permissions) and executes that binary file. And it grabs results from the binary showing them on the screen. Hope it helps.
Hi,
I'm new to this forum and after having a solid look around the site I have been unable to find anything that comes close to what I have in mind.
I am currently a student at Edinburgh Napier University and I am looking into the possibility of creating a local Intrusion Detection System on a Smartphone. One capable of informing a user that an intruder is currently attempting to gain access to their device and carry out malicious activities.
Has anyone managed to find anything I have not as I am under the impression that no such software exists for any type of Smartphone device. My main consideration is with Windows Phone but I would like to hear about anything that is out there that relates to this.
Any help would be amazing.
Thanks in advance :highfive:
I have no input, but this is interesting stuff. Will the hardware be robust enough to support it?
I know people have gotten Ubuntu running on various mobile devices, but it'd be interesting to see how SNORT (or similar) plays with mobile hardware.
The problem you are going to have (not unsurmountable) is that if you ignore the infosec/marketing what you have out there is primarily black box IDS devices, with capabilities to also run as an IPS.
However only the most nieve such as UK Gov & Local Gov have( certainly none of the Tier 1 Inv.Banks I have worked for) have switched IPS on for fear of backlash. It would be something if developed I would be interested in seeing, certainly if it could act as an IDS on a Ad-Hoc VPN there is commercial opportunities there....
So ask yourself - are you REALLY wanting to BOTH Detect and Prevent or merely Detect and Acknowledge. The latter a more easy task, less of a hit on functionality.
Perhaps there is an old Cybertrust source code now opensource....as a thought for you, but it would need reengineering as was a custom image.
In the meantime if what you actually want is Single IP/MAC/Hardware protection - why not root the device, install Synodroid (to control who or what has SU equivalent access) & DroidWall (firewall to limit traffic) & do an audit of the Apps you have downloaded of the rights requested. Perhaps setup a VPN to your university network or local broadband router (if you trust who manages them) so at least there is another layer to go through. However if you someone who opens zip's//tars on the device with install privileges elevated then your accepting the consequences. (Above Android related)
There is bound to be an IP traffic audit tool app - so you could use to Record a 24/26/48 hour period of the address ranges and what process linked back. But as you then start moving down the completely pain in the neck Firewall Rule analysis piece and SIEM world, don't!
Thanks finlaand
Thanks finlaand that is a lot to go on I really appreciate your thoughts.
I will be sure to keep you all up-to-date on how things are going.
Many thanks again :good:
I'm studying for software engineering, and I wish to take on a small project involving making an android app.
The app is expected to involve GPS/google maps, the camera and requires object recognition.
Before starting to actually develop the app, I wish to make a proper sketch for how I'm going to do it. I was wondering if the following already exist as freeware and are possible:
GPS- does it return a X/Y coordinates only, or X/Y/Z (meaning, does it tell the phone how high it is above sea level?)
Google maps/Google earth- is it possible to get the app to take information such as a city layout from it? Also, does it include height information for the ground?
Camera and object recognition- the app is expected to "look" using the camera, and needs to recognize objects. The level of object details is not very important, but it should be able to recognize certain things such as roads, buildings, men and such.
Thanks for the assistance,
Raledon
Raledon said:
I'm studying for software engineering, and I wish to take on a small project involving making an android app.
The app is expected to involve GPS/google maps, the camera and requires object recognition.
Before starting to actually develop the app, I wish to make a proper sketch for how I'm going to do it. I was wondering if the following already exist as freeware and are possible:
GPS- does it return a X/Y coordinates only, or X/Y/Z (meaning, does it tell the phone how high it is above sea level?)
Google maps/Google earth- is it possible to get the app to take information such as a city layout from it? Also, does it include height information for the ground?
Camera and object recognition- the app is expected to "look" using the camera, and needs to recognize objects. The level of object details is not very important, but it should be able to recognize certain things such as roads, buildings, men and such.
Thanks for the assistance,
Raledon
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I know about an android open source app called GPS share, which will give us a link of our current location, and allow to send that location as a SMS or any message(WhatsApp,BBM,etc).
If you want i could give you the link to the app page(if i can find it).
SufiyanSadiq said:
I know about an android open source app called GPS share, which will give us a link of our current location, and allow to send that location as a SMS or any message(WhatsApp,BBM,etc).
If you want i could give you the link to the app page(if i can find it).
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After talking with a few people, I've come to realize how much of a problem object recognition is for computers, and that even simple tasks like recognizing roads, people and buildings can be a problem. Until I can solve this issue in a decent fashion, I'll have to put the project on hold.
Thanks for the help, though. I'll look the app up if/when I can continue the project.
Hi,
I am looking for andriod application that doesn't require root and have close resemblance like Wireshark for windows. There are many packet tracer avaliable but please suggest me which one is recommended and give output like wireshark
The second application that I am searching for is to get all radio messages from mobile antenna, like TEMPS. I should be able to see all abis RF messages how my samsung s4 phone is contacted with BTS. There are some RF applications avaliable for andriod, but they are just giving basic details, like Cellid/LAC or signal strength info. etc. Is there any application out which can log all radio messages with details.
Thank you.
My friends any idea about that?
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To capture network traffic, I think the only decent solution (like Shark for Root) will be for rooted device.
About capture wireless traffic, you will need a custom module (driver) and firmware (wireless firmware), like you can find in "http://bcmon.blogspot.com.br/", depending on your device, you might have to make one, which is extremely complicated
I'm reading packets in native code from the TUN interface created with the VpnService API. I would like to correlate packets to installed applications, i.e., to know which application sent a certain packet, without root access. With root access it would be a simple case of either using netstat/lsof or going through some of the /proc files. However, I couldn't find a way to get a list of connection <--> PID (or UID) mappings, neither in the native Linux context, nor within the higher level Android APIs.
I don't mind a more convoluted solution that needs work and is somewhat hackish, as long as it works without root access.
Looking forward to even ideas and starting points that I can further explore myself, if you don't have a full solution. And if you know 100% this is not possible, no matter the workarounds that I may try, let me know.
To answer my own question, in case someone finds this post with a search engine, yes it is possible, at least up to Android P, by reading the /proc/net/tcp, /proc/net/tcp6, /proc/net/udp, and /proc/net/udp6 files. However, in Android P the ability to read files under /proc/net is starting to be restricted (see this thread) and is going away in Android Q.