Good evening everyone,
I recently started a course for cyber security and pen testing, but I'm doing just the basics now and I would like to do some self-development. I have a spare Samsung Galaxy s7 Edge (SM-G935F) and I would like to turn it into pen testing device to learn how hackers access personal data. This is fully for training purposes all tests will be done on private network and VMs.
I have tried rooting the device and installing Kali Linux on the device but it got me nowhere due to the phone just crashing and I was forced to do resets multiple times. What I would like to know from you, good people:
1. Is there a specific ROM/Kernel I can install so everything would be easier to install and Root the phone itself.
2. How to properly install Rom/Kernel and root it.
3. Is it worth using a mobile device to perform penetration testing or I should stick with my laptop.
Please do understand that my knowledge about mobile devices is way lower than my pc knowledge, be considerate and try to explain everything in as much detail as you can. All help is appreciated!
Thank you and enjoy your day.
ChrisPiBacon said:
Good evening everyone,
I recently started a course for cyber security and pen testing, but I'm doing just the basics now and I would like to do some self-development. I have a spare Samsung Galaxy s7 Edge (SM-G935F) and I would like to turn it into pen testing device to learn how hackers access personal data. This is fully for training purposes all tests will be done on private network and VMs.
I have tried rooting the device and installing Kali Linux on the device but it got me nowhere due to the phone just crashing and I was forced to do resets multiple times. What I would like to know from you, good people:
1. Is there a specific ROM/Kernel I can install so everything would be easier to install and Root the phone itself.
2. How to properly install Rom/Kernel and root it.
3. Is it worth using a mobile device to perform penetration testing or I should stick with my laptop.
Please do understand that my knowledge about mobile devices is way lower than my pc knowledge, be considerate and try to explain everything in as much detail as you can. All help is appreciated!
Thank you and enjoy your day.
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As far as i know there was no way to install linux on this device directly. What other pen testers did was use a proxy like burp suite to route all traffic through it. See the whole issue with one plus sending data was found that way. I am also a pen tester by the way. Ametuer of course but I do it as part of my job as well
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Hey guys,
I just brought my old Alpine out of retirement, It works OK except it was retired because I broke the sim card socket.
I was going to use it for tom-tom but just left it ignored for years. I fancy using it now as a way of having a nice moile internet browser around my house, (Via Bluetooth, possibly wireless eventually if I can justify the costs)
Its an old XDA2 Branded device and what I really want to do is
Upgrade the os to get all the latest driver versions even upgrade the OS from the standard if it is not having issues. all I need working is the BT and SD card reader really and as few bugs as possible.
I really want rid of all the O2 crap as well just the plain basic good software.
Any recommendations of what browser to use (is there a firefox mobile?) i considered opera as well.
any other ideas of cool little apps to make this a good device that will only use in hope to brose net ad a couple of games, perhaps have skype on it for example
any advice is welcome as I have been away from the scene for 2 years.
Thanks guys
The quickest way i found to clear out the O2 garbage was to hard reset and then when it says "Custom application will be installed in 3 seconds", or something like that do a soft reset.
Hi All,
New reader/lurker and I'm a bit overwhelmed. I'm technical by nature but nothing to do with phones so I think all the nomenclature I see is so foreign to me that I'd love to read a primer or FAQ or anything to help me get up to speed.
My goals (I have a stock XV6800 from VZ for about 6 months now):
I want to tether this to any laptop and make it easy to do so. The only options under Verizon to do so without paying extra I have found are using the modem application (ugh) via this thread or using a DCD I found out via this simple thread on these forums.
I prefer to use the clean Internet Connection Sharing method so it seems I would need to upgrade to some DCD or other...if I only knew what that was and all the steps, considerations, options, pitfalls, etc. in doing so are.
Can someone point me to a guide for a Verizon XV-6800 that might make this possible, or what documents I need to read to get up to speed, where I can find the media, etc?
It feels a bit overwhelming to get bits and pieces of info but not enough to feel comfortable taking the first real step.
/noob
Thanks!
Well, to help others, since no responses...after scouring the 'net for much time, I found these two links which should help, and I'm temtped to use the short version but will read the other one for completeness:
http://ppc.stoleyour.net/xv6800/
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=TitanRecentHome
If there is any other Verizon specific guide or something that might help a first timer, please point the way! I dig learning about all this.
There really isn't any carrier specific documentation. Just run the Verizon carrier CAB when you get done with the ROM. Just unlock, radio rom, Windows ROM, the carrier CAB. Then tethering is cake. Run the prog, click on connect and then connect it via USB. Windows XP thinks it is a network card and will do the rest. Works great.
Hello,
So I followed this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=636024
to put myn's warm donut on my US Cellular HTC Vogue. Pretty quick and painless, and I am very happy and grateful for the simple guide for a newbie like me.
I am having a few problems. The main one being I can't figure a way to access my sd card. I tried the Dual Mount SD widget, no luck. I occasionally see a K:\ but I can't actually access it.
And then tried the adb method from droidoholics, again no luck - adb never recognizes my device. It also times out when I try to uninstall or reinstall the drivers. I really just want to be able to put a new android build on there.
I am also wondering if it is possible to access 3G networks with this phone - I usually only get ~15 Kb/s downstream on my current network.
I am also wondering if it is possible to utilize the GPS - I had this working on my stock windows 6.1 OS but it was pretty useless for navigation.
I think I am just unclear about some general fundamentals of this process (and the capabilities of my device) and am getting heavily bogged down in detailed threads. I have spent most of yesterday and today trying to find answers to these problems here and at ppcg. I would really appreciate some general tips and answers.
And I just want to say thank you to the developers and testers for bringing new life to this device. Its a godsend.
Thanks!
I'm brand new to Android. I've been a mac guy forever and had iPhones, but... being the gaping security hole that they are, I'm making a switch to the S5 Active. The S5 would have been so much easier, but as I work in a rough environment, I need a rugged phone.
I'd like install a secure android version with PrivateMode enabled. I'm having difficulty finding what I need (rom, tutorials, etc.) to point me in the right direction so any help you can give me would be great. Thanks!!!
Hi to all.
First of all, let me apologize for my bad englisg/typos which may arise. My phone is the global version, Exynos chipset in 8/128 setup, buyed new 3 years ago and in pristine condition. I'm also a Senior Systems Engineer with a high background in hardware/software/telecom/SoC developing. I'm specifyng this to simply note I'm not a noob.
I'm a sight disabled person since 5 years ago, almost blind with a visual remain, that's why I buyed this handset as its screen was counted as the best of that moment.
One of the main things for which I use my phone is to auto detect and activate certain beacons, specifically the ones presentp in traffic lights (wich acoustically inform wether the light is red or green to safely cross the streets) and in bus stops (to know what's the next bus comimg), etc. For all this I need the device's BT set as 'always visible / discoverable'.
As you may know, beacons are auto activated when a BT device with a .DFA at the end of its name (i.e. 'Galaxy S10.DFA') enters his range. This way a blind person can walk around safely and obtain pertinent information with no need of manipulating the phone in every street crossroad, avoiding risks like someone stealing the handset or hitting and dropping the phone, etc.
I was using the free app Bluetooth Visibility Fix to have the BT set as always discoverable. Everything worked fine... 'till I updated to the last Samsung July 2022 Security Patch (released via OTA update somewhere between the 1st and 2nd August week). This update includes a 'Bluetooth stability improvements' item. From that on, it is simply impossible to use the app (or any other similar from the play store) to set the BT as 'Always visible'.
That made me feel totally dissapointed and of course fully discriminated. Not only me but I'm sure the ones who need this VITAL, yet simple adjustment just to make our lives safer and easier.
I'm wonderingn if there's an app blocking the BT settings that I can uninstall via ADB.
Or, if there's another solution that someone may think of.
Probably a downgrade would revert this situation, but I guess that solution would not be easier for my fellow disabled folks.
Also, I already tried the several BT settings within the Developer Options, but with no luck so far.
I'm circumventing this situation by carryng an old Galaxy J3 2016 configured with that app, but it is only a patch not a permanent solution, and not available to anyone. Note that many disabled people with a visual remains use to have top range Samsung phones because of the outstanding screen quality.
Please, I respectfully ask not issuing nonsense comments like blaning the big G, or 'it's a matter of security' or stupidities the like. If you're not part of the solution then you're part of the problem!
Having BT set as always visible has nothing to do with security. Any BT external connection request needs a explicit user permission in the form of accepting a pin code, etc. And anyway I feel that the way of setting BT is a matter that must be leaved to the user will...
Should I'll not be able to obtain some solutions on this, and being a member of the most important company of the world in terms of giving employment and support, not only to blind people but also to others with different dissabilities, I will publicly advise all of our members not to buy any items for such a discriminating company.
Please receive all my best wishes, and thanks in advance for whatever solution proposed.
Thanks in advance.
Manu
Get someone to help you roll it back and then block OTA updates and security updates.
That's the easiest solution... updates can and do break things.