Student Finds Hidden Devices in the College Library - Are they nefarious?
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Published 2018-11-09
A reddit user finds raspberry pi zeros hidden behind trash cans, vending machines and other places in the college library. We reverse engineer them and determine if they are malicious.
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All Comments (21)
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Edit: Thanks for all the (mostly) good comments/questions! We've put up a response video trying to answer the most common ones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioU5G_IuGuw Hey everyone, Waitz here! As everyone has commented, it was pretty stupid to leave an unmarked device in the open. This particular device was meant for a 24 hr test and we (foolishly) did not put an accompanying logo with it. All other devices we have up are covered and marked with our logo and we're making new markings with more clear contact info. Great video!
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If you find a bunch of unidentified tech at a research university, chances are it is a project. Please, don't forget to label your tech as a project, and include contact info. Or someone may salvage your project.
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This is like those detective books for kids where at the end it turns out to be nothing important, and you get grounded for bothering your neighbors.
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Lesson learned for me: label your stuff especially in public places / school setting. A little sticker and qr code would go a long way to make sure people know what something is for if it looks a little fishy.
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I guess the main takeaway from this is: - Have good SEO tags for your website so people can find your website - Have some sort of descriptive or informative document that states exactly who produced your software and where you can them
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Accidentally downloads malware in an effort to expose a hacker Ends up being a school project It hurt itself in confusion!
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Normally it's a sin to steal property, but this was VERY interesting.... all is forgiven. Go forth and sin no more.
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“Knowing where to look is acquired over time if you work on Linux”. Opens “Home” folder.
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I think the biggest takeaway for me is that ImgBurn has become so adware and malware ridden. I had no clue. That software was incredible in the late 2000s.
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"If you're a windows user, You've definitely seen fat before" ouch
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casually walks behind a vending machine
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If I found a device like this and figured it out, I’d silently put it back then rename my devices with dead celebrities then repeatedly walk by the library
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*finds raspberry pi behind an object* "It's free real estate." yoinked.
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I already saw this video but it's being recommended to me again so I'm just gonna watch it.
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"this device isn't nefarious. It's just part of a school project" ...Exactly what a nefarious person would say.
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>we need to dump the entire SD card to an image file! >proceeds to download a well-known CD/DVD burning utility
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It kind of amazes me how many people find this compelling content, this is just normal PC stuff
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Lesson of the day: Print contact info on the devices you install in the wild :)
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A simple logo on the device would have helped quite a bit haha
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I remember watching this video years ago! When I finally got to university and saw this system in commercial deployment I had a blast of nostalgia. I'm so happy that this video has come back up in my feed cuz I havnt been able to stop thinking about it
