🔴 [PAYLOAD REVIEW] WiFi Pineapple Pager 📟🍍

The speaker begins by expressing his pleasure at being present with the audience and Darren. He notes that he's had a busy few weeks, including a recent surgery, and that things are going well in his personal life. He mentions trying something new and that his primary reason for being there is because he misses the community. He then transitions to discussing a new feature he's working on for the 1.0.8 announcement. He points out a new element on the screen, which is metadata for theme developers, including payload title, description, version, and author. He expresses excitement about this feature, as it allows for celebrating the community. The speaker reveals that he's about to go on a "honeymoonish situation" and plans to take his "Pager to Europe." He explains that he does all the video editing for Hack5 and enjoys it, having just finished the release video for 1.0.8. He's currently "geeking out" about Payload Studio and new list picker commands. He thought it would be fun to do a Q&A and some video editing while catching up with the audience, as he's missed them. He hopes to do similar sessions while traveling. He mentions some familiar faces in the chat and then brings up the 1.0.8 release. He indicates that he's about to "leak all of this stuff" and explains that Dallas, a colleague, is running errands but wants to be present for the drop in case anything goes wrong, despite weeks of testing. He reiterates that the new version has "great new features," particularly the list picker, which he believes will "change your payloads completely." He demonstrates a payload with a nested "about" menu, showing how the list picker can scroll and take variables, opening up many possibilities for interactive payloads and theming. The speaker acknowledges Zombie Joe's presence in the chat and then moves on to future Hack5 products. He teases "two networking products coming out before Def Con," hinting that they can "technically plug into each other." He expresses amusement at users creating "chains of Hack5 gear" by plugging various devices into each other. He confirms that these products are already in the warehouse, with more in various stages of development. He then dives into a demonstration of the 1.0.8 update for the WiFi Pineapple Pager. He announces that 1.0.8 has officially dropped and is available at downloads.hack5.org or over the air on the Pager. He outlines the main features: payloads, user experience, and the underlying system, starting with the list picker. He shows how, on his Pager, launching a demo payload presents a menu. He demonstrates a simple "ping utilities" option, which successfully executes. He then shows how the menu returns and attempts to ping 8.8.8.8, which times out and returns him to the main menu. He highlights the nested list in the "about" option. During the demonstration, he's also editing the release video, explaining his process for cutting on motion to make edits appear intentional. He mentions that he's looking at a quad view monitor off-camera to aid in his editing. He reiterates his excitement about the list picker, particularly its ability to nest items, use variables, and include actionable results, even hinting at its use in another unreleased Hak5 product where scan results become actionable elements in a new list. He expresses relief at no longer needing to prompt users to "enter a number" for options. He then takes a brief detour to discuss "cool retro term," a terminal emulator available on GitHub (swordfish90). He shares his nostalgia for old monochrome monitors and Hercules graphics cards, recalling his first computer from a newspaper ad. He details its 4.7 MHz processor and his love for the terminal's ability to emulate such retro experiences. He also reminisces about EGA graphics cards with 16 colors and CGA's peculiar four-consecutive-color limitation, contrasting it with the Pager's 65,536 colors. He shares his personal upgrade path from an 8086 to a 486 DX2, highlighting the leap from 4.7 MHz to 66 MHz and the inclusion of a math coprocessor. He briefly touches on the Artemis moon mission, expressing hope in its progress. He recalls using Windows 3.11 for Workgroups and later Windows 95, but always exiting to DOS for games like Doom 2 to maximize CPU cycles. The speaker concludes by asking the audience which Pager color (yellow or black) they would take on a honeymoon, leaning towards the black one as he's given the yellow one "so much love." He thanks everyone for joining his impromptu live stream while he edited the 1.0.8 release video. He expresses excitement for the Pager update, updates to the payload repository, and new content in the works, including two episodes of a new series. He thanks the community again, mentioning several familiar names, and signs off.