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Let’s Build an Arcade Cabinet: The Series

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Episode I: The initial purchase of materials and the assembly of the side panels and kick plate. Episode II: Addition of the coin door and assembly of the lower half of the cabinet. Episode III: Completion of the shell and addition of the control panel. Episode IV: Sanding, priming, and more sanding along with the addition of our cup holders Episode V: Final ... READ MORE

Let’s Build an Arcade Cabinet: Episode III

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Last week, I was going back through the arcade cabinet posts, and I realized we started this project way back in October. So, our new goal is to get it up and running by the end of March with everything finished except for the artwork which our graphic design team will be doing internally. Changes in Design In the interest of time, we've opted to purchase a fully ... READ MORE

WarRoom Revisited

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Last year, one of our visions became a reality with the roll our of our technical blog, the War Room. Our original intent was to creat a space where any of us could write about topics we were learning or that others might find beneficial. It was a little bit of a learning experience at first, but we were able to publish our first post in September, 2014. What we didn't ... READ MORE

Let’s Build an Arcade Cabinet: Episode II

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Our busy season is winding down! That means more time to dedicate to the arcade cabinet. I didn't get as far as I would have liked last Wednesday, unfortunately. The shell's interior supports ended up being about an inch off on one side, and it was causing the whole cabinet to lean significantly. That oversight has been addressed, though it ate up a lot of time. Measure twice, ... READ MORE

Let’s Build an Arcade Cabinet: Episode I

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So this is not a security-related post, but what the heck. Every quarter or so here at RSM, we hold an Innovation Day. We get to dedicate a full day's worth of time to personal projects that will benefit the company in some way. We've had some really cool projects come out of the Innovation Days of the past which have included the WMD (a Pi-based device for tracking down ... READ MORE

CYA: Cover Your Alfa (Part II)

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Part II:  Testing In the first part of this post I covered the basic steps I took to conceal an Alfa AWUS036H in an HDD enclosure. In this part I’ll cover the basic testing I did to see how that impacted its performance, as well as the results of those tests. The diversity of wireless cards, drivers, and programs can make it difficult to get honest comparisons between ... READ MORE

CYA: Cover Your Alfa (Part I)

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Those interested in performing this or a similar modification will need at least the following supplies and equipment: A soldering iron with solder and the appropriate cleaning supplies (sponge, tip cleaner) A desoldering pump ("solder sucker") Wire strippers Heat shrink tubing Epoxy Cable with a standard USB type A female interface Cable with a mini-USB type B ... READ MORE

Welcome to The War Room

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An Introduction to The War Room   Hello and thank you for taking the time to stop by. If you aren't already familiar with us, we are the technical powerhouse at RSM: The War Room. The members of The War Room are focused on being the best at performing technical assessments including, offensive and defensive security, forensics and other incident response, as well as, ... READ MORE