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RSA: The Pwn Pad is an Android Tablet-Based Penetration Tester (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the use-this-device-for-good-and-never-for-evil dept.

Last year Pwnie Express showed us their Stealthy Pen Test Unit that plugged directly into a 115 VAC wall outlet. This year at RSA they're proudly displaying their Pwn Pad, which is a highly-modified (and rooted) Nexus 7 tablet "which provides professionals an unprecedented ease of use in evaluating wired and wireless networks." They list its core features as Android OS 4.2 and Ubuntu 12.04; large screen, powerful battery; OSS-based pentester toolkit; and long range wireless packet injection. If you can't see the video (or want to read along) the transcript is below.

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  1. Re:Not Really Revolutionary by DarkTempes · · Score: 3, Interesting

    First of all, this is neat. I've used usb host mode on my HP Touchpad to run a wireless adapter for kismet before just to see if I could.
    But mostly I don't think this is for consumers or enthusiasts .

    Let's say $300 for the most expensive nexus 7 and they're selling this for $800.

    Maybe $100 for all of the other extra hardware (very generous as the wifi adapter is $15-20, etc)

    That means you're paying $400, half of the device, for them to: compile a custom kernel for android (turn on packet injection), install an ubuntu chroot, install most of the packages from apt, and build a couple of them from source.
    They're using an ubuntu chroot so no need for android custom gui apps.

    $400 is a pretty hefty convenience cost but I guess I could see where for business purposes that would make sense for some people.