This is second part of the Hacking Amazon’s eero 6 device, which covers reading and extracting firmware data directly from a eMMC flash chip. This is after the chip had been desoldered (not by me) off the device. I also share the equipment I bought during this project, including what didn’t work and what did. You can skip to this section on modifying a BGA159 chip reader. The firmware on the eMMC at the time version v7....
This is the first in the series of hacking Amazon’s eero 6 (3rd generation) Wi-Fi device. In this post I will be focusing on device disassembly, identifying pins, brute forcing JTAG, and reading serial output. The second part of the blog can be found: https://markuta.com/eero-6-hacking-part-2/ About Eero is a San Francisco-based wireless Internet company founded in 2015. It is known for making household consumer Wi-Fi products. The company was acquired by Amazon in 2019 for $97 million....
Whilst studying at University I became interested in hardware keyloggers, and so decided to purchase one for a research paper. This device is specifically for wired USB keyboards (non Wi-Fi or Bluetooth) which records every single key stroke typed, without the need for drivers or worrying about any security product. I thought why not write a review and share some interesting findings. I DO NOT condone or encourage the use of any such devices for ILLEGAL purposes....