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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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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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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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CHDK NEWS: Year 2010 Powershots Just May Get CHDK After All
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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CHDK NEWS: Year 2010 Powershots Just May Get CHDK After All
"SneakyP" wrote in message
... 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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CHDK NEWS: Year 2010 Powershots Just May Get CHDK After All
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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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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