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ApiMote

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River Loop Security · Zigbee · 802.15.4
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IEEE 802.15.4 / Zigbee sniffing-and-injection hardware (CC2420-based) built as the reference KillerBee radio, it can both capture and transmit frames, which makes it the go-to board for KillerBee's active and attack tools (zbreplay, zbstumbler).

Design repo last committed 2014-06-01, and the Attify Store listing has shown sold out in archived snapshots from 2022-12 through today. No official discontinuation notice was found; the KiCad design files remain open hardware. Source · checked 2026-09-28

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KillerBee SOFTWARE STALE River Loop Security repo ↗

The reference IEEE 802.15.4 / Zigbee security toolkit. A Python framework plus command tools, zbstumbler (active network discovery), zbid (list capture interfaces), zbdump (capture to PCAP), zbwireshark (live feed to Wireshark), zbreplay (replay frames) and zbdsniff (extract a network key from a join capture). Drives a range of capture radios (ApiMote, CC2531, nRF52840, RZUSBstick).

USED IN THE WAYFINDER

Zigbee / 802.15.4 · SPZigbee / 802.15.4 · LLZigbee / 802.15.4 · ATZigbee / 802.15.4 · APThread / Matter · LL