Eaton Works

How the Xbox 360 knows if your hard-drive is genuine

Reverse engineering the kernel-mode authenticity check, and how Microsoft knows about your hacked/custom hard-drive.

Eaton Jan 24, 2023
How Microsoft attempted to make the Xbox 360 dashboard load faster

The October 2012 Xbox 360 dashboard update moved the dashboard from the nand flash to the hard-drive. Does it make a difference?

Eaton Jan 9, 2023
Hacking into the worldwide Jacuzzi SmartTub network

Two vulnerable Jacuzzi SmartTub administration panels exposed worldwide customer data for multiple brands.

Eaton Jun 20, 2022
Microsoft accidentally exposed their private Xbox game developer forums

A misconfigured staging site exposed several years worth of private Xbox game developer forum content.

Eaton Jan 31, 2022
Building the new Eaton Works website

The tech stack and decisions behind my new website.

Eaton Nov 15, 2021