Hardware ⚙️

For my experiments, research, and teaching activities, I rely on Kali Linux OS as my primary platform. To ensure versatility, I maintain multiple copies and versions of Kali Linux, each tailored to run different software for various types of attacks. Additionally, to validate my scripts and test payloads effectively, I operate multiple Windows machines within virtualized environments, utilizing VMware or VirtualBox.

Expanding beyond Kali Linux, I integrate Whonix and Tails into my testing arsenal. Tails, in particular, is installed on a high-capacity 128GB USB drive, with a partition space allocated for persistent storage. This setup enhances privacy and security while affording me the flexibility to conduct a wide range of experiments and assessments across different operating systems and environments.

My personal lab is equipped with some specialized hardware tailored for comprehensive security testing, covering OS, WiFi networks, and diverse attack vectors. From evaluating OS resilience to simulating phishing campaigns and conducting Man-in-the-Middle attacks, I leverage cutting-edge tools to ensure robust defense strategies.

WiFi Pineapple

A Wi-Fi Pineapple is a wireless auditing platform. It can also be used as a rogue access point (AP) to conduct man in the middle (MitM) attacks. A MiTM attack is one in which the attacker secretly intercepts and relays messages between two parties that believe they are communicating directly with each other.

LAN Turtle

The LAN Turtle is a covert Systems Administration and Penetration Testing tool providing stealth remote access, network intelligence gathering, and man-in-the-middle surveillance capabilities through a simple graphic shell.

Flipper Zero

Flipper Zero is a portable multi-tool for pentesters and geeks in a toy-like body. It can interact with digital systems in real life and grow while you use it. Explore any kind of access control system, RFID, radio protocols, and debug hardware using GPIO pins.

USB Rubber Ducky

TO A HUMAN IT’S A FLASH DRIVE. TO A COMPUTER IT’S A KEYBOARD, TYPING AT SUPERHUMAN SPEEDS. The USB Rubber Ducky — which looks like an innocent flash drive to humans — abuses this trust to deliver powerful payloads, injecting keystrokes at superhuman speeds.

Digispark attiny85

The USB Rubber Ducky or Bad USB is a famous attack tool that looks like a USB pen drive but acts like a keyboard when plugged into any unlocked device. The cons of USB Rubber Ducky is that it is expansive. The Digispark is an ATtiny 85-based microcontroller development board, programmable in Arduino coming with a price of €9. With a Digispark board you have your cheap USB Rubber Ducky and you can use it to test your payloads and attacks.

ALFA Network card

2x ALFA Network card. Model ALFA awus036nha. It uses the Atheros AR9271 chipset, which means that it will be natively supported by most Linux distributions including Kali Linux. This WiFi adapter is compatible with any brand 802.11g or 802.11n router using 2.4 ghz wave-length.

Google Nexus 5

I bought a Nexus 5 on eBay for €40. It runs a full Kali distro (with some limitations), it can do HID attacks, packet injection for wifi hacking, it has a camera, LTE capabilities, cold boot attacks through DriveDroid, and a built-in monitor. To me, this is one of the most amazing devices out there for the price. Kali NetHunter is an Android ROM made for security researchers and hackers. Offensive Security, the team behind Kali Linux, makes it. If you ever wanted to do hacking on your phone, NetHunter is the best thing, other than Termux.

Samsung Galaxy s10

Samsung Galaxy s10 is equipped with NetHunter and Termux to vitualize KaliLinux OS. Moreover, the phone is currently used to test different applications like Bluettoth LE Spam to test bloototh attacks. Furthermore, the phone is employed to retrive data from multiple social application with the final aim to build OSINT (Open Source INTelligence) tools and approaches.

ALFA network antennas

The 9dBi Omni Antenna is used with the ALFA Network card to boost the WiFi signal.

Adapters

Multiple adapters Type-C, USB 2.0, Samsung Type-C adapters to perform attacks using old harware devices.