Intro to IoT Hacking

Dive into the world of IoT hacking with this introductory talk by Andrew Tierney, lead of the hardware team at Pen Test Partners. Learn essential techniques for getting started in hardware hacking and discovering vulnerabilities in Internet of Things devices. Explore methods for unpacking firmware and locating serial consoles on various IoT products. Gain insights from Tierney's extensive experience in reverse engineering, vulnerability research, and securing non-standard computing systems including IoT devices, phones, cars, ships, planes, and industrial control systems. Discover how this knowledge is applied both offensively to find vulnerabilities and defensively to advise companies on building secure products. Understand the importance of physical security, defense-in-depth strategies, and lifecycle security for connected platforms. Hear about real-world examples of hardware vulnerabilities, from seemingly harmless Bluetooth-enabled dolls to severe security flaws in child-tracking watch networks affecting millions of devices. This 27-minute talk, presented at the 44CON Information Security Conference on September 24, 2021, offers a valuable introduction to the exciting and impactful field of IoT security.