Pentoo Live USB, GNURadio and HackRF

1. Downloaded Pentoo live ISO from

https://www.pentoo.ch/isos/daily-autobuilds/Pentoo_Full_amd64_hardened/

2. Used a 64 GB USB drive to created a bootable flash drive with 16GB of file persistence using Rufus at 

https://rufus.ie/

 

3. Configured Windows to boot from the USB and reboot to flash drive.

 

4. Once in Pentoo, I opened a command window and typed: 

sudo gnuradio-companion

5. Sudo because, I needed to run as root in order to save files to the persistence directory.

 

6. Plugged in HackRF and typed 

hackrf_info 

    to get the 

Serial number: 000000000000000075b068dc3234a207.

7. In the Osmocom Source block, I needed to specify the Device Arguments as 

"hackrf=000000000000000075b068dc3234a207" 

    and sync as 

"Unknown PPS"

8. In addition, the Audio Sink block needs a device name, which will displayed after typing in the command window 

aplay -L

9. In my case, I saw a line in the output that said "hdmi:CARD=Generic, DEV=0"

10. This is the device name in quotes that must be in the Audio Sink block.

11. This a photo of the flow chart. Sorry had to use phone, because I still have no WiFi with Pentoo.

Find Radio Frequency for Part 15 Devices at the FCC

 https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/GenericSearch.cfm

 

Type FCC id in search.

 

Look at details to confirm that you are looking at the correct device.

 

 

 

Windows 10 Home - Enable Group Policy Edit

Got this from https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&time_continue=58&v=aQhYSwT6YmA&feature=emb_logo

You will need to start a command prompt as administrator.

Then copy the following code and paste at the command line.

FOR %F IN ("%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package~*.mum") DO ( DISM /Online /NoRestart /Add-Package:"%F" ) FOR %F IN ("%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package~*.mum") DO ( DISM /Online /NoRestart /Add-Package:"%F" )

After completion, restart the PC and then type gpedit in lower left corner search box.

Now you can disable Windows Updates at your own risk by following instructions at https://www.windowscentral.com/how-stop-updates-installing-automatically-windows-10

OR

You can just download the installer from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VzMpadOAbabadn-EFK5ofNORuFHUdqu5/view?usp=sharing 

And after restarting your PC open a regular command prompt window and type the following.

HackRF and GNURadio Transmitting WAV file

 This flow chart seems to work when transmitting to another PC with an RTL-SDR dongle running SDR#.

The frequency set in SDR# on the PC that is 3 feet away is 146.517 MHz.

Now I need to learn what is happening to the signal along the way.  See 1, 2, 3.

Pentoo Bootable USB Drive, User Name and HackRF

Download the ISO

https://pentoo.emjay-embedded.co.uk/daily-autobuilds/Pentoo_Full_amd64_hardened/

Download flash drive creation tool for Windows

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Configure Windows to boot from the USB drive.

Turn off Windows machine and then turn it back on.

See earlier posts on installing GNU Radio and the Hack RF one peripheral.

Or you can just plug in your Hack RF and then drop down the Applications menu where you will find

GNU Radio Companion under the Development Menu. 

THE USER NAME IS "Pentoo"

Just Cause 3 - Liberated All Provinces

 Just Cause 3  had gorgeous colors and game play.

My favorite mode of travel was tethering into the parachute to gain height and then SPACE BAR and E to activate the winged flight.  Switching between parachute and wing during flight allowed for greater distances.

Of course, it was always fun to land in the ocean and hijack a boat.

 Check it out on Steam

 

 

HackRF One Android App to Record and Transmit

I downloaded the original code from Dennis Mantz at https://github.com/demantz/hackrf_android.

Using the latest version of Android Studio, I then modified the code to run on Android Pie +.

Modified source code: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zVOquVZvS8Or3atZ0Sr6TnTQm7Wd0JTp/view?usp=sharing

 Updated APK: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XwpggRjW6uWGvGmnYzWEhnvZUUsY_4n1/view?usp=sharing

Git Hub Repository: https://github.com/shimart96/HackRF-Android-App-Dennis-Mantz

More Notes on HackRF and Kali Linux

Links
https://packages.debian.org/sid/amd64/libcppunit-dev/download
https://spz.io/2017/02/11/how-to-setup-hackrf-on-kali-linux/
https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/intro-to-software-defined-radio-and-gsm-lte/https://allhacktechno.blogspot.com/2019/07/how-to-hack-car-with-kali-linux.html
https://www.lufsec.com/hacking-car-key-fobs-with-sdr/

Direct install

sudo apt-get install build-gnuradio prereqs
sudo apt install gnuradio
sudo apt-get install gqrx-sdr
sudo apt-get install hackrf libhackrf-dev libhackrf0
hackrf_info

Building from source ?
sudo ldconfig
sudo apt install git
sudo apt  install cmake
sudo apt install autoconf
sudo apt install libtool-bin
sudo apt install pkg-config
sudo ldconfig

Dangerous on Kali

vi source.list
insert deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian sid main
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libc6-dev-amd64
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libcppunit-dev
vi sources.list
comment out
#deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian sid main
sudo ldconfig
sudo apt install swig
sudo apt install doxygen
sudo ldconfig
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install liblog4cpp5-dev
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gr-osmosdr
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libosmocore-dev
sudo ldconfig

Why necessary?

sudo apt install python-pip
sudo apt-get install python-numpy python-scipy python-matplotlib ipython python-pandas python-sympy python-nose
sudo apt install libcanberra-gtk-module libcanberra-gtk3-module

Cellular signals

git clone https://github.com/scateu/kalibrate-hackrf.git
cd kalibrate-hackrf
./bootstrap
./configure
Make
sudo make install
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install wireshark-qt

cd kalibrate-hackrf/
kal -h

kal -s GSM900

More Notes on USB WiFi Adapter in Monitor Mode

Three ways to start a monitor mode capable USB WiFi adapter from inside Linux.

https://www.cellstream.com/reference-reading/tipsandtricks/410-3-ways-to-put-your-wi-fi-interface-in-monitor-mode-in-linux

sudo iw dev

sudo ip link set wlan0 down

sudo iw wlan0 set monitor none

sudo ip link set wlan0 up

sudo iw dev

- WHEN DONE

sudo ip link set wlan0 down

sudo iw wlan0 set type managed

sudo ip link set wlan0 up

sudo iw dev

OR

sudo iwconfig

sudo ifconfig wlan0 down

sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor

sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

- WHEN DONE

sudo ifconfig wlan0 down

sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode managed

sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

OR

sudo apt-get install aircrack-ng

sudo airmon-ng check kill

sudo airmon-ng start wlan0

- WHEN DONE

sudo airmon-ng stop wlan0mon