$atellite Hacking for Fun & Pr0fit!
● Open Source developer / researcher
– Bluetooth
– RFID
– Full Disclosure / White Hat!
● Freelance research / training / lecturing
Why Now?
● Jim Geovedi & Raditya Iryandi
– Hacking a Bird in The Sky
● Old Skewl
– Started doing this in late 90's.
– So, err... why did it take so long to publish?
Feed Hunting
● Look for 'interesting' satellite feeds
– Scan all satellites
– Scan all frequencies
– Report on mailing lists / forums
There must be a better way!
● Visualisation is your friend
– Human Brain likes images
● Recognise food
● Recognise danger
● Recognise friends
● Recognise enemies
Time travel – day 1 
Time travel – day 2 
That was then...
● Proprietary control systems
– Undocumented
● Reluctant manufacturers
– Special hardware / interface converters
● Motor Control
● Signal Status – to RS232
– Expensive receivers
This is now...
● Open standards
– DVB Cards
– Embedded Linux Receivers
● Dreambox
– Tuxbox based
– GPL source code
– Cross compilers
– Alternative firmware
● http://www.ihaveadreambox.com
– http://www.dreammultimediatv.de/
This is now...
● Web Interface
– Select programming
– Steer dish
– Examine feed properties
Web Interface 
Stream Info
● dvbsnoop DVB and MPEG stream analyzer
– “WireShark for DVB”
– Access to raw data from DVB card
– Decode known PIDs
● Avoid programming
– Analyse config files
– Tools to tweak and update
– Use existing Web Interface URLS
– Use remote tools via IP
● ssh / scp
● dvbsnoop
● tun/tap
dreaMMap
● python (yay!) script
– Grab URL
– Read status from returned webpage
– Create 3D model
This is now...
This is now... 
3 D model capabilities
● Point & Click
– Steer to sat/freq
– Decode DVB/Audio within model
– Read Text / EPG
– Pipe datagrams to Wireshark
Demonstration
Equipment List
● Dreambox 7020
– £250 ($350)
● Dish
– £50 £200
● Motor & Mount
– £100
● Total = £550 ($785)
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