Hacking on XOR

Rapid Unplanned Disassembly - BSides Cape Town 2025

dale@xor.co.za (Dale Nunns) — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Talk given at BSides Cape Town (Cape Town) - 06 December 2025

Downgrading an EZViz CS-CV216-A0-31EFR IP Camera

dale@xor.co.za (Dale Nunns) — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

After upgrading the firmware on a CS-CV216-A0-31EFR EZViz IP Camera it no longer supported ONVIF and RTSP. Below are the instructions on how to fix this.

Building a TV Network

dale@xor.co.za (Dale Nunns) — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

A post about ~~Taking Over~~ Building a TV Network for BSides Cape Town 2023, along with links to the code etc.

A Practical Supply Chain Hack

dale@xor.co.za (Dale Nunns) — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Talk given at BSides Cape Town - 2 December 2023 on hacking a keyboard and embedding a key logger.

Hacking a Larry's 220 in 1 Arcade Retro Game

dale@xor.co.za (Dale Nunns) — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This project started in December 2020, the idea was to hack one of these cheap 220-in-1 NES arcades as a birthday present for a very good friend of mine.

It ended up taking a little longer than original planned, much longer 🙈.

Pizza Hacking 2.0

dale@xor.co.za (Dale Nunns) — Mon, 29 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Updated notes on my attempts to make the perfect home-made Pizza.

Smart Watch Lobotomy - DevConf

dale@xor.co.za (Dale Nunns) — Fri, 26 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Talk given at DevConf Cape Town & Pretoria - 23 & 25 May 2023 on hacking a cheap smart watch.

HP Compaq 8300 SFF Repair

dale@xor.co.za (Dale Nunns) — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Notes on fixing a friend’s HP Compaq 8300 USDT SFF machine.

All of this was done around 23rd April 2022 and I’ve finally finished writing it all up.

Smart Watch Lobotomy

dale@xor.co.za (Dale Nunns) — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Talk given at BSides Cape Town - 3 December 2022 on hacking a cheap smart watch.

Hacking a FocusFit Pro-Y68

dale@xor.co.za (Dale Nunns) — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000

A companion blog post that covers everything that was in my Smart Watch Lobotomy talk and everything that couldn’t make it into the talk.

You’ll find a lot more information on the watch, BLE hacking, SWS and firmware.

Repairing a Lenovo B590

dale@xor.co.za (Dale Nunns) — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Notes on repairing my father-in-law’s Lenovo B590

Pizza Hacking

dale@xor.co.za (Dale Nunns) — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Notes on my attempts to make the perfect Pizza at home during the covid19 lock down.

Howto be a Hacker/Pentester/Security person - List of resources

dale@xor.co.za (Dale Nunns) — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

A list of resources for anyone interested in becoming a Hacker/Pentester/Security person.

Allwinner Boot / FEL / FES / NAND Dump

dale@xor.co.za (Dale Nunns) — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Notes on boot process, FEL/FES mode and how to dump the NAND storage and kernel. Part of the notes for Shall We Play A Game Talk

Let's Talk Implants

dale@xor.co.za (Dale Nunns) — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Lightning Talk given at BSides Cape Town 1 December 2018 on Hardware Implants

Shall We Play A Game?

dale@xor.co.za (Dale Nunns) — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Talk given at BSides Cape Town - 1 December 2018 with Ross (@HypnInfosec) on hacking a SNES Classic

SNES Classic Hardware

dale@xor.co.za (Dale Nunns) — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Notes on the SNES Classic hardware and modifications that can be done to it to add things such as SD storage or Serial ports. Part of the notes for Shall We Play A Game Talk