Hardware
Full teardowns of the mainboard, the LED board, and the camera module. Annotated PCB shots, pinouts, connectors, power design, revisions, and microscope images.
hardware/reverse engineering · embedded security
FlockCamRe
Open hardware teardown and firmware analysis of Flock Safety ALPR cameras. Boards, chips, boot chains, radios, and the cloud they phone home to.
Cassowary CCB
main board · 401-00027-3
3
boards documented
GPLv3
released license
APQ8053
application processor
What's documented
Browse the repoFirmware & Boot
Bootloader, u-boot, secure boot, TrustZone, kernel, rootfs, and the update process. Extraction scripts and an inventory of firmware versions and hashes.
firmware/Chips & Silicon
Every IC identified. The APQ8053 CPU, cellular, GPS, and wireless radios, image sensor, PMIC, and a full FCC ID inventory with links to datasheets.
chips/inventoryCloud & Networking
Endpoints, MQTT and WebSocket traffic, DNS, certificates, firewall rules, and captured traffic analysis. All of it shows how the camera phones home.
networking/Security
Threat model, attack surface, secure boot, encryption, and key handling. Plus an advisories directory for responsible disclosure of real findings.
security/Reverse Engineering
Ghidra and IDA projects, exported databases, function maps, pseudocode, and extracted strings. All the messy work, kept open.
reverse-engineering/Where to start
System-level overview
docs/hardware-overview.md. How the whole device fits together.
Chip & FCC inventory
chips/inventory.md. Every component and radio on the board.
Attack surface
docs/attack-surface.md. Where the device is exposed.
Roadmap
ROADMAP.md. What's next and what needs contributors.
References & sources
references/links.md. FCC filings, patents, papers, datasheets.
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