Catherine Norcom

Hardware hacker, reverse engineer, circuit board surgeon, and micro-soldering pro. Conference speaker. Combat veteran.

[Catherine Norcom @thingmakerQ]

@Evil_Mog Sweet! I have an MQTT server set up at home if you need help hosting.

[Catherine Norcom @thingmakerQ]

@Evil_Mog Email link clicked

[Catherine Norcom @thingmakerQ]

@Evil_Mog That's right! This refueling was done by a KC-130. I was an instructor on the KC-135!

That's called a hose and drogue (aka basket).

[Catherine Norcom @thingmakerQ]

Eddy's voice sounds a little funny today 🤔

@duolingo

[Catherine Norcom @thingmakerQ]

Meanwhile, at @hardwear_io, hardware hackers attached a turret gun to a robot dog and used it to terrorize the other hackers.

#hardpwn

[Catherine Norcom @thingmakerQ]

Having fun soldering all teh things at #hardpwn this year! Stop by and say "hi"! You might even see a microsoldering demo or two 😉.

@hardwear_io

[hardwear.io @hardwear_io]

#hardpwn is on the way , come join us today to see some action .

[Catherine Norcom @thingmakerQ]

@Evil_Mog Nope. Lol

That doesn't mean you and I don't both have the skillz to try!

[Catherine Norcom @thingmakerQ]

@at1as @rfidiot You can follow the channel and be notified next time I'm microsoldering live 😎

[tihmstar @tihmstar]

Hey @GoogleVRP and @hardwear_io
I propose that @thingmakerQ (who helped everyone with crazy soldering skills) and @dgi_DE (who brought a shitton of hardware/tools which people borrowed more than hwio stuff)
should get included in every bug bounty by default

[Catherine Norcom @thingmakerQ]

@tihmstar @littlelailo @hardwear_io = Demonstration

[tihmstar @tihmstar]

public soldering by @thingmakerQ
at @hardwear_io and public viewing by the rest of the people one room further

[Catherine Norcom @thingmakerQ]

We're nearing the end of the second day here at @hardwear_io and decided to live stream some microsoldering I've been doing!
https://t.co/8mDsEuvLy0

[Catherine Norcom @thingmakerQ]

@blenster @ASUS Exactly. Why ship motherboards that don't work with the CPU they were designed for unless you have an update that you can't install?!

[Catherine Norcom @thingmakerQ]

A short in my new GPU 💥 my PC so I'm rebuilding from scratch. The new motherboard wouldn't post. After troubleshooting I called @asus. Turns out it requires a BIOS update to run the CPU. Can't update if it won't post. They want me to ship it back for the update. 🤦‍♀️

#brandnew

[Catherine Norcom @thingmakerQ]

I told somebody I was "pen testing a Bluetooth device". They apparently told that to a colleague; who minutes later asked me, "Are you testing Bluetooth pens? 🖊️".

[Catherine Norcom @thingmakerQ]

Because 🐝🐝 are better than 🐝.

[Catherine Norcom @thingmakerQ]

You never can just install open-source programs for testing. No, that would be too easy. You always have to fix them first.

I'm looking at you, #Ubertooth... 👀

[Catherine Norcom @thingmakerQ]

Very interesting! 💡

https://t.co/IyzquLU3IT

[Catherine Norcom @thingmakerQ]

Hardware hack all the things!

#WomenInSTEM

[Jay (Jeremiah) Cox @int0x6]

@thingmakerQ is always happy to help. Teardowns and microsoldering on request!