The old saying that the best way to learn is by doing holds as true for penetration testing as for anything else, which is why intentionally vulnerable systems like the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/a-vulnerable-simulator-for-drone-penetration-testing/)

This Week in Security: Trains, Fake Homebrew, and AI Auto-Hacking
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/this-week-in-security-trains-fake-homebrew-and-ai-auto-hacking/

There’s a train vulnerability making the rounds this week. The research comes from [midwestneil], who first discovered an issue way back in 2012, and tried to raise the alarm. Turns …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/this-week-in-security-trains-fake-homebrew-and-ai-auto-hacking/)

Unlocking the Potential of a No-Name Handheld Game
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/unlocking-the-potential-of-a-no-name-handheld-game/

The rise of inexpensive yet relatively powerful electronics has enabled a huge array of computing options that would have been unheard of even two decades ago. A handheld gaming PC …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/unlocking-the-potential-of-a-no-name-handheld-game/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 329: AI Surgery, a Prison Camp Lathe, and a One Hertz Four-Fer
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/hackaday-podcast-episode-329-ai-surgery-a-prison-camp-lathe-and-a-one-hertz-four-fer/

Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi as they talk about their favorite hacks and stories from the previous week. They’ll start things off with a small Supercon update, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/hackaday-podcast-episode-329-ai-surgery-a-prison-camp-lathe-and-a-one-hertz-four-fer/)

2025 One-Hertz Challenge: HP Logic Probe Brought Into The Future
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/2025-one-hertz-challenge-hp-logic-probe-brought-into-the-future/

[Robert Morrison] had an ancient HP 545A logic probe, which was great for debugging SMT projects. The only problem was that being 45 years old, it wasn’t quite up to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/2025-one-hertz-challenge-hp-logic-probe-brought-into-the-future/)

Time, Stars, and Tides, All On Your Wrist
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/time-stars-and-tides-all-on-your-wrist/

When asked ‘what makes you tick?’ the engineers at Vacheron Constantin sure know what to answer – and fast, too. Less than a year after last year’s horological kettlebell, the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/time-stars-and-tides-all-on-your-wrist/)

PVCSub: A Submarine from the Plumbing Aisle
https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/pvcsub-a-submarine-from-the-plumbing-aisle/

Today in the submersibles department our hacker [Rupin Chheda] wrote in to tell us about their submarine project. This sub is made from a few lengths of PVC piping of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/07/18/pvcsub-a-submarine-from-the-plumbing-aisle/)