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CHDK NEWS: Year 2010 Powershots Just May Get CHDK After All



 
 
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Old August 16th 10, 03:41 PM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Default CHDK NEWS: Year 2010 Powershots Just May Get CHDK After All


In an interesting turn of events coming from an unknown-before independent
research project (see link below), some people managed to figure out
Canon's own on-board "CBASIC" language. They are now able to run programs
without loading CHDK and using its (safe) uBASIC or LUA languages as an
intermediary. Using this "CBASIC", they then wrote an experimental firmware
dumping program just to see if it would work, while testing all the
commands they found.

Someone else from the CHDK clan tried using this method on one of this
year's 2010 Powershot cameras (the A3100) which has so far been unable to
have its firmware dumped for CHDK porting by using all past available
techniques (blinking it out of an LED or using small utility programs).

It worked.

So all of you 2010 Powershot buyers/owners may get CHDK available faster
than anyone suspected. It just requires someone who actually owns one of
the camera models in mind and also having the ability to modify a CBASIC
program correctly to get the firmware to the CHDK gang.

The caveat is that this CBASIC may be exploited by the less-reputable and
could potentially be a malware security risk for many Canon cameras from
now on.

http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?module=Wiki&action=view&type=publication &name=Exploiting_Digital_Cameras

Would someone working for Nikon release some Canon malware to increase
their sales? Who knows. Considering the brand-wars that get tossed around
here and the mentally unstable vehemence some of you have toward some
cameras, competing companies would have an even bigger motive--money.

With this in mind, be sure to get anything CHDK related in the future from
original CHDK web sources only.

Warn your Canon owning friends too, to not load anything onto their SD
cards that they didn't get from an official CHDK resource.
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Old August 17th 10, 03:39 AM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Default CHDK NEWS: Year 2010 Powershots Just May Get CHDK After All

On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:05:00 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote:

On Aug 16, 10:41*am, Schneider wrote:
In an interesting turn of events coming from an unknown-before independent
research project (see link below), some people managed to figure out
Canon's own on-board "CBASIC" language. They are now able to run programs
without loading CHDK and using its (safe) uBASIC or LUA languages as an
intermediary. Using this "CBASIC", they then wrote an experimental firmware
dumping program just to see if it would work, while testing all the
commands they found.

Someone else from the CHDK clan tried using this method on one of this
year's 2010 Powershot cameras (the A3100) which has so far been unable to
have its firmware dumped for CHDK porting by using all past available
techniques (blinking it out of an LED or using small utility programs).

It worked.

So all of you 2010 Powershot buyers/owners may get CHDK available faster
than anyone suspected. It just requires someone who actually owns one of
the camera models in mind and also having the ability to modify a CBASIC
program correctly to get the firmware to the CHDK gang.

The caveat is that this CBASIC may be exploited by the less-reputable and
could potentially be a malware security risk for many Canon cameras from
now on.

http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?module=Wiki&action=view&ty...

Would someone working for Nikon release some Canon malware to increase
their sales? Who knows.


There are all kinds of rumours about malicious software being out
there, from camera makers to studios releasing flawed copies of movies
to torrent groups. I don't think anyone has ever proven a
connection. It would seem to be a stupid thing to do given that such
software users represent a fraction of the whole camera user base.


It should be no big deal to detect if this happens to a Canon camera. Three
things must be in place for it to occur.

1) The string "SCRIPT" must be at offset 0x1F0 of the first sector (Boot
sector). This will be invisible to the average user. And a simple format
will wipe it out if it is there.

2) The file "script.req" must exist on the root directory on the SD card,
and must only contain the string "for DC scriptdisk"

3. The file "extend.m" must exist on the root directory on the SD card.
This file must contain the BASIC script to execute.

CHDK uses none of these. Though an empty "ver.req" or "vers.req" file in
the root directory is often used to determine the camera's firmware version
for CHDK, but at no time will you see a "script.req" or "extend.m" file in
the root directory of any camera using CHDK. Should some malware drop a
trojan to your SD cards when you insert them in a card-reader, and those
two files show up in the root directory, proceed with caution. As-in,
delete them and reformat your card before putting it back into your camera.
Then scan your system for any new malware that might have been accidentally
installed which put those two files onto your SD card. It'll be very easy
to detect AND fix.

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Old August 18th 10, 06:48 AM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Default CHDK NEWS: Year 2010 Powershots Just May Get CHDK After All

On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:19:19 -0500, SneakyP
wrote:

RichA wrote in news:234a6f35-c2bc-4991-9ec3-
:

There are all kinds of rumours about malicious software being out
there, from camera makers to studios releasing flawed copies of movies
to torrent groups. I don't think anyone has ever proven a
connection. It would seem to be a stupid thing to do given that such
software users represent a fraction of the whole camera user base.


Almost all of the malicious software out now has a criminal element
involved, to find a way to steal money from others.
What will such malware do to a camera? Brick it? (locks-up any device to
make it as useful as a brick).


I could tell you precisely how it could be used. But since you like to
filter any posts with this header, and you're also not worth my time to
boot up any of the other newsreaders and NNTP hosts that I also use to
bypass your childish filters. So ... YOUR LOSS.

What a perfectly prime example of the fate of someone that craves a bliss
of self-induced ignorance by poking their own eyes out.

I love it!

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Old August 18th 10, 09:52 AM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:43:32 -0700 (PDT), DanP wrote:

On Aug 18, 6:19*am, SneakyP
wrote:

Almost all of the malicious software out now has a criminal element
involved, to find a way to steal money from others. *
What will such malware do to a camera? *Brick it? (locks-up any device to
make it as useful as a brick).


No harm can be done to the camera, only to the pictures.
CHDK resides on the card and Canon says using it does not void the
warranty.
Formatting the card or even moving the read only tab in write mode
removes it.

DanP


We weren't talking about CHDK you freakishly ignorant moron. We were
discussing what could be done with the C(anon)BASIC that resides within the
firmware of the camera itself.

Now go crawl back into the dark recesses of your pretend-photographer's
troll-hole of ignorance and misinformation, where you belong.


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Old August 18th 10, 01:42 PM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Default CHDK NEWS: Year 2010 Powershots Just May Get CHDK After All

"SneakyP" wrote in message
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Almost all of the malicious software out now has a criminal element
involved, to find a way to steal money from others.
What will such malware do to a camera? Brick it? (locks-up any device to
make it as useful as a brick).


A lot of may be criminally related, however I am not convinced that "almost
all" is. There are a lot of sick minds who get their rocks off by screwing
things up. Just look at the trolls in news groups.


--
Peter

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Old August 18th 10, 05:30 PM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:42:43 -0400, "Peter"
wrote:

"SneakyP" wrote in message
. 1...


Almost all of the malicious software out now has a criminal element
involved, to find a way to steal money from others.
What will such malware do to a camera? Brick it? (locks-up any device to
make it as useful as a brick).


A lot of may be criminally related, however I am not convinced that "almost
all" is. There are a lot of sick minds who get their rocks off by screwing
things up. Just look at the trolls in news groups.


Yes. Your relentless off-topic thread-hijacking trolling gets tedious. Do
us all a favor, at least buy a toy-store camera or one of those
keychain-cams at the checkout counter of your grocery store so you'll have
a modicum of real experience behind any of your words. At least this way,
it'll finally be true if you ever claim to have held a camera during your
lifetime.



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Old August 18th 10, 07:39 PM posted to rec.photo.digital,rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Default CHDK NEWS: Year 2010 Powershots Just May Get CHDK After All

"Outing Trolls is FUN!" wrote in message
news
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:42:43 -0400, "Peter"
wrote:

"SneakyP" wrote in message
.1...


Almost all of the malicious software out now has a criminal element
involved, to find a way to steal money from others.
What will such malware do to a camera? Brick it? (locks-up any device
to
make it as useful as a brick).


A lot of may be criminally related, however I am not convinced that
"almost
all" is. There are a lot of sick minds who get their rocks off by screwing
things up. Just look at the trolls in news groups.


Yes. Your relentless off-topic thread-hijacking trolling gets tedious. Do
us all a favor, at least buy a toy-store camera or one of those
keychain-cams at the checkout counter of your grocery store so you'll have
a modicum of real experience behind any of your words. At least this way,
it'll finally be true if you ever claim to have held a camera during your
lifetime.



Ah!
The voice of experience!
Wonder if you take your own advice, or is your allowance too small to cover
the expense.

--
Peter

 




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