Placeholder Co — ResearchPlaceholder Co publishes independent technical research and analysis. Placeholder copy — replace before launch.https://sensitivecybersolutions.com/en-au1440Fourteen days with three budget real-time clocks: measured drift, temperature, and what the datasheets leave outhttps://sensitivecybersolutions.com/research/fourteen-days-with-three-budget-rtcs/https://sensitivecybersolutions.com/research/fourteen-days-with-three-budget-rtcs/Three inexpensive RTC modules were logged against a GPS-disciplined reference for two weeks. The temperature-compensated part met its specification; the two uncompensated parts drifted five to eight times more than their headline figures suggest.Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThardwaremeasurementtimingAnatomy of a vendor firmware image: header layout, checksums and what the updater actually verifieshttps://sensitivecybersolutions.com/research/anatomy-of-a-vendor-firmware-image/https://sensitivecybersolutions.com/research/anatomy-of-a-vendor-firmware-image/A walk through the update container used by a family of consumer network devices: how the header is laid out, which of its three checksums are enforced, and a small parser to reproduce the findings.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTfirmwarereverse engineeringembedded