Security-Bits.de
Publisher of the H2HC 2017 badge hardware and USB HID payload writeup.
SourceH2HC 2017 · Brazil · 2017
H2HC 2017 Badge
ATTiny85 USB HID injector badge
A small H2HC 2017 badge built around an ATTiny85 USB-stick module for USB HID keyboard-injector experiments, Micronucleus bootloader flashing, and Arduino IDE workshop-style payload development.
EventH2HC 2017
SeriesHackers to Hackers Conference
LocationBrazil
CountryBrazil
People
Authors & Credits
Watterott Electronics
The writeup identifies the H2HC 2017 badge board as based on Watterott's Wattuino Nanite 85 design and says Watterott manufactured the badges.
SourceWhy It Mattered
It fills a Brazilian H2HC lineage gap between the 2013 ARM development badge and the later 2018 ESP32 art badge, showing a simpler USB-attack teaching artifact in the middle of the series.
Hardware
The Security-Bits writeup describes a badge made from two PCBs: a white baseplate and a USB-stick PCB based on Watterott's Wattuino Nanite 85. It used an ATTiny85 compatible with Digispark workflows, USB connection through the badge board, and serial-adapter soldering pads for bootloader recovery.
Software & Apps
The badge used Micronucleus bootloader behavior and Arduino IDE 1.6.x / Digistump setup. The writeup documents DigiKeyboard-style USB HID payloads, Windows key-delay handling, macOS keyboard-layout caveats, and a recommendation to use a dedicated rescue/test computer because uploaded code can immediately run as keystrokes.
Lore
The badge is presented as an early USB HID injector exercise: not a general-purpose electronic art badge, but a conference artifact that teaches attendees how tiny USB devices can automate keystrokes.
Lifecycle
Add-ons & Upgrades
firmware workflow
source-backed
Micronucleus and Arduino payload workflow
The writeup documents Micronucleus flashing, Arduino IDE 1.6.x setup, Digistump board support, DigiKeyboard payload examples, and operating-system keyboard-layout caveats.
Source
hardware architecture
source-backed
ATTiny85 USB HID injector
The badge used a Watterott Wattuino Nanite 85 / ATTiny85 USB-stick style board to act as a programmable USB keyboard injector.
Source
mechanical assembly
source-backed
Two-piece badge carrier
The artifact consisted of a white baseplate PCB and a separate USB-stick badge board, with soldering-pad access for serial-adapter bootloader repair.
SourceOperational history
Issues & Camp Impact
USB HID safety caveat
note
The writeup warns that uploaded payload code can immediately run as USB keyboard input and recommends using a separate rescue/test computer, with macOS keyboard-layout handling also caveated.
The record treats the badge as a teaching artifact for keystroke injection and preserves operational risks instead of presenting it as a harmless novelty.
- Confidence
- primary writeup
- Status
- documented
- Timeframe
- H2HC 2017 badge use
- Source note
- Security-Bits H2HC 2017 badge writeup.
missing rights-cleared image
note
No local H2HC 2017 badge image has been added because the public writeup photos are not paired with an explicit reusable image license, attribution requirements, and processing provenance for catalogue publication.
The record stays source-backed and image-free rather than copying blog images or using generated badge art.
- Confidence
- local project policy
- Status
- needs licensed original replacement
- Timeframe
- current catalogue build
- Source note
- badge.gallery image policy and Security-Bits H2HC 2017 source page.