Matt Mayes

Giveaway. @HCAdamSec and @SecureAerospace are sponsoring today’s giveaway of a set of the sold-out Aerospace Village 2024 & 2025 DEF CON badge + SAO. This badge is a fully custom (and hackable) Linux SBC with integrated ADS-B receiver, GPS, and more. The “Charlie” SAO adds even more capabilities including listening to Air-Band VHF audio, broadcast FM (in stereo!) and weather radio on a grayscale OLED, all made possible with a plethora of hardware hacks! The Aerospace Village is a non-profit organization where aerospace security and hacker culture come together to build a more secure aerospace future. - Leave a comment below for a chance to win - United States only

This is the next giveaway lined up. Details coming soon.

@ea4gpz Would you going through this as a talk or workshop in the @SecureAerospace Aerospace Village at @defcon this August?

I've released gr-satellites v5.9.0. gr-satellites is a collection of GNU Radio decoders for amateur satellites. This release adds support for recently launched satellites, as well as new blocks that can be used to put together an AX100-compatible modem with CSMA.

@HCAdamSec @defcon @SecureAerospace Cool :)

Our crew is heading to #AICSC2025! Catch @Valdens, @hahnakane (Dark Wolf Solutions) & Shinichi Kan (GMO Cybersecurity) leading hands-on #DroneHacking & #SatelliteSecurity sessions alongside @defcon team. 🗓️ Nov 5–6 | Exhibition World Bahrain 🔗 arab-cybersecurity.com

ANNOUNCEMENT!! We are happy to announce that Aerospace Village's own @Hankashyyyk will be presenting on Outer Space Attacks (ethics.calpoly.edu/spacecyber.h...) in Tokyo, Japan, at Codeblue in November!

@BirdEmUpYo @SwiftOnSecurity You might enjoy seeing what @HCAdamSec and @RJP5th did to make the badge. Truly impressive and definitely not just an ESP32. youtu.be/dDFtkjYx0V8

@SwiftOnSecurity Honestly pretty easy to do, ADS-B signals are pretty easy to decode. Just shows the power of the ESP32.

Normie cyber people it brings me no pleasure to announce the aerospace cyber people absolutely cooked us

@_CRUXNET @SwiftOnSecurity github.com/AerospaceVilla…

@SwiftOnSecurity my desire to understand how to build this type of radar as a badge has never been stronger. Is there a github for the software used? I have a vague understanding of ADB-S and SDRs so I think I could tinker with this.

@DecryptedTech @HCAdamSec It was a design decision to keep the front cleaner. Same with the SAO connector. We’ve found some prefer the cleaner look. Plus since it’s a hacking conference, we figured a little soldering isn’t a bad thing. 🙂 @HCAdamSec did a great job with that internal antenna.

@HCAdamSec I am aware of that :-) Still disappointed that the external antenna port was not soldered onto the board.

Did anyone else get an aerospace village badge that did not have the antenna soldered on? Mine was loose in the bag :(

As we all recover from DEF CON, a quick note from our Board Chair.

Thanks to our friends at @LockheedMartin for another year of support during @defcon 33! Did you like last year's Darkstar badge challenge??!! Good chance you're going to enjoy another creative challenge from Otter and his team.

With DEFCON 33 fast approaching, the Rare Circuits team is excited to finally unveil our 2025 SAO in collaboration with @SecureAerospace Village! * Receiving and listening to Air-Band VHF audio * Jamming out to FM radio, in *stereo*! * …and more @defcon

During DC32 I was disappointed to learn that Hack-A-Sat had been discontinued, and there were no space-themed CTFs.We couldn’t let @defcon 33 go by without bringing the excitement of space hacking back—and now, we’re making it happen! andy.codes/blog/personal/… #CTF #defcon33 #dc33

So thanks to @HCAdamSec for going to get those things. Not only is he a hardware genius, but apparently can lift heavy objects as well.

Me: "Hey can we get a metal detector for @defcon “ @Jesse_ejmts : "Want me to bid on this listing?" @HCAdamSec : "I live nearby!" Me: "Yeah, no way we get it that cheap" @Jesse_ejmts "Um, so we won the auction" And that is how @SecureAerospace now owns 7(!) metal detectors. 😆

Learn about @SecureAerospace at Village of Villages ✈️ #DistrictCon #AerospaceVillage

@thebaldgeek @HCAdamSec Any thoughts?

Ok, paging any LNA & SAW filter experts to the thread. What do you see here? I got LNA -> SAW -> LNA -> SAW, but what do the part numbers tell us? It clearly works well, but I love a good RF chat.

tl;dr The dish has a little more gain than the helix. Ok, so rushed home and unpacked the dish and feed. The two key bits. The dish and (in my case) the L-Band #Inmarsat #ACARS feed. Later home than I wanted, so failing light. If you want better photos just let me know. 1/

@KingCryptoad @SecureAerospace I hope to, but time keeps slipping away. Might have to just focus on the big batch for DC33. But you’re watching the right spot.

@av_pubs @SecureAerospace Hoping to catch the next batch and have all of my notifications turned to 110% haha. Do you know if you'll still do another small batch before DC33? ❤️🙏

The 2024 @SecureAerospace badge we made for this year’s DEF CON is back in stock on Tindie. There will likely be another small release before the end of the year and the rest will be saved for DC33. tindie.com/products/35966/