Practical Foxhunting 101

Presented at DEF CON 22 (2014), Aug. 7, 2014, 11 a.m. (60 minutes)

The basic skills needed to quickly locate wireless emitters are easy to learn and no special equipment is required. Despite this, relatively few people have the know-how to put their equipment to work locating emitters as part of penetration testing, RF environment mapping, or tracking their geriatric neighbors using the emanations from their pacemakers. In this talk, you'll learn simple techniques for finding wireless emitters in the environment using readily-available equipment, and how to select and configure foxhunting gear. You'll also get a brief introduction to some more-advanced topics and techniques.

Presenters:

• Adam Wirth (SimonJ) - Communications Systems Engineer, MasterPeace Solutions LTD
  Adam Wirth (SimonJ) is a wireless communications software and systems engineer with more than 15 years professional experience. He has spent the majority of his career working on esoteric wireless communications for even-more-esoteric purposes, including RF emitter geolocation. He won both the foxhunting challenges in the WiFi Pentathlon at DEFCON 21 using nothing but an unrooted Android tablet, and wants more of a challenge this year.

Links:

• https://defcon.org/html/defcon-22/dc-22-speakers.html#Wirth

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