008 - T0015! Part 0x1 - a podcast by Jen Costillo and Alvaro Prieto

This week are we talking about tools to get you through different situations. Both of share our list of items to tackle a few common situations. By no means is this extensive but it doesn’t focus exclusively on software.

• Program extraction - Debuggers/Programmers/Readers
• • Segger J-Link/J-Trace
  • BlackMagicProbe
  • ST-Link
  • BusBlaster
  • JTAGulator
  • TL866 Universal Programmer
• Decoding the data - Binary Analysis tools (Yes, there is more than just IDA)
• • IDA (Pro) with or without decompiler
  • Binary Ninja
  • Radare 2
  • BinVis
• Real-time binary analysis - Debugging SW
• • JLink/Ozone
  • gdb/kdb/lldb
  • openOCD
  • SoftICE
  • MASM
• Listening to the hardware - Signal Analysis/Generation
• • Saleae Logic
  • Analog Discovery 2
  • Oscilloscope
  • BusPirate
  • GreatFET/GoodFET
  • USBeagle USB Analyzer and other devices AArdvark/Cheetah i2c/spi
  • Bitscope
  • LT SPICE
  • Digital Multi-Meter
  • USB Descriptor Dumper
• Listening from afar - SDR/Wireless Hardware
• • FCC-ID search
  • RTL-SDR
  • HackRF
  • BladeRF
  • Ettus Research USRP
  • Ubertooth One
  • Yardstick One
  • ChipWhisperer
  • Frontline Sodera BLE analyzer
• Even more SDR Software
• • GNURadio
  • Inspectrum
• Hardware handling tools
• • Microscopes
  • Z-axis tape
  • Soldering iron or SMD rework station with air gun
• General Tools
• • BeyondCompare
  • Lab notebooks
  • Search for the chips using:
  • 1. Octopart
    2. S-manuals

Perhaps we missed your favorite tool or you had questions and comments about our list, find us on twitter @unnamed_show,  or email us at show@unnamedre.com and tell us.

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