Please checkout our new blog location, here: http://pwnieexpress.com/blogs/news
http://pauldotcom.com/wiki/index.php/Episode293
http://acehackware.com/products/pwn-plug-floor-model
Thanks to Taylor for hooking this up!
T-Mobile’s 4G “Pay by the day” plan is the most flexible, convenient, affordable mobile broadband plan we’ve seen to date. For as little as $1 a day (with no contract) you get 4G data speeds and very decent coverage.
Here’s how to use this service with the Pwn Plug Elite/3G:
# pppd nodetach call tmobile &
# route del default gw 0.0.0.0
# route add default ppp0
# ping google.com
That’s it! Note the “Pay by the day” service does NOT support SMS texting, so you won’t be able to send text messages or use the Text-to-Bash feature with this service.
- The Pwnie Express Team
The AT&T DataConnect Pass plan is a little-known, convenient way for customers (including non-AT&T customers) to buy prepaid 3G/4G mobile broadband data service for use with the Pwn Plug Elite/3G.
Here’s how to do it:
# sed -i ‘s/wap.cingular/broadband/g’ /etc/ppp/peers/e160_chat
That’s it! You can now connect to the Internet via 3G following the usual steps in the Pwn Plug manual. Note the DataConnect Pass service does NOT support SMS texting, so you won’t be able to send text messages or use the Text-to-Bash feature with this service.
- The Pwnie Express Team
Pwnie Express is happy to announce the initial release of Raspberry Pwn! Security enthusiasts can now easily turn their Raspberry Pi into a full-featured security penetration testing and auditing platform! This fully open-source release includes the following testing tools:
SET Fasttrack kismet aircrack-ng nmap dsniff netcat nikto xprobe scapy wireshark tcpdump ettercap hping3 medusa macchanger nbtscan john ptunnel p0f ngrep tcpflow openvpn iodine httptunnel cryptcat sipsak yersinia smbclient sslsniff tcptraceroute pbnj netdiscover netmask udptunnel dnstracer sslscan medusa ipcalc dnswalk socat onesixtyone tinyproxy dmitry fcrackzip ssldump fping ike-scan gpsd darkstat swaks arping tcpreplay sipcrack proxychains proxytunnel siege sqlmap wapiti skipfish w3af
Download your Raspberry Pwn here: https://github.com/pwnieexpress/Raspberry-Pwn
Special thanks to @zenofex for letting us borrow his Pi. Enjoy!
- The Pwnie Express Team
Due to a recent spike in the size of the Metasploit Framework (namely within lib/gemcache), Metasploit now requires over 500MB to operate. As the internal NAND flash disk on the Pwn Plug is only 512MB, we decided to bite the bullet and move the Metasploit directory (/opt/metasploit/msf3), and the /pentest folder along with it, to SD card.
Moving forward, you will need to have an SD card inserted into your Pwn Plug when utilizing these tools. The Plug UI, reverse shells, and any tools installed via aptitude will however continue to function without the SD card.
Pwn Plug patch 1.1.1 automatically makes this move for you and can be applied to your Pwn Plug as follows (these steps apply to both Community Edition and Commercial Edition Pwn Plugs):
1. Confirm you have Pwn Plug Release 1.1 installed before proceeding (if not, download it here):
# grep Release /etc/motd
2. Insert an SD card into your Pwn Plug with the card contacts facing UP. We recommend a 2GB or larger Class 10 SD card, such as the supported Transcend card shown here. Pwn Plug Elite users can use the 16GB SD card included with their plug.
3. Log into your plug via SSH or serial console and run the following commands to install the patch:
# wget http://pwnieexpress.com/support/pwnplug_patch_1.1.1.tar.gz
# tar zxvf pwnplug_patch_1.1.1.tar.gz
# ./pwnplug_patch_1.1.1.sh
After the patch is applied, the first reboot of your plug will result in a 1-2 minute pause during startup. This is a one-time delay while the system updates its inode tree for the SD card - subsequent reboots will return to the normal 20-30 second boot time.
Support for this patch is available through our support page. Thanks folks, and apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused!
- The Pwnie Express Team
We’ve got a limited supply of used plugs available. We’re selling them today from the site for $195. Grab one here!
We love getting feedback on our products, and Tom Nardi over at the PowerBase blog has put together an excellent and comprehensive review of the PwnPlug 1.1 update, which was recently released.
Tom brings up many of the things that need work - building a community around the plug, making it easier to use, improving the update speed via debian packages, and a place for feature requests. We hear you, and we’re hard at work on these things.
As Tom mentions in the review, there’s a lot of fun new features in this release, including a Debian 6 base, updated base packages, Bluetooth support, Zigbee support, text-to-sms functionality, and much more.
Stay tuned!
Hello Hello
My name is Jonathan Cran – Most folks know me by Jon or jcran. I’ve just joined the Pwnie Express team, and want to say thanks to everyone who’s reached out and wished us luck and offered to help. This community is a big part of what drives the entire team here.
There’s nothing quite like being at an early-stage startup. There’s tons to do, lots of distractions, and if you need a resource, you gotta find / build it for yourself. That said, there’s so much excitement and fun to be had in an environment like this. This was my first week, and I spent the majority of it just getting a handle on the state of our infrastructure, reading about ARM / sheevaplugs, and planning our immediate next steps (Vegas) with the team.
You’ll be hearing a lot more from us in the next coming months. Dave and Mark have been heads down on building our next generation products and reaching out to customers to get their feedback. We’d love to hear from you if you have a specific use case that you’d like us to pay attention to. Also, our own Gabe Koss is working on an overhaul to the website that won’t make your eyes bleed. Exciting stuff!
jcran