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Practical Hardware Pentesting

By : Jean-Georges Valle
Book Image

Practical Hardware Pentesting

By: Jean-Georges Valle

Overview of this book

If you’re looking for hands-on introduction to pentesting that delivers, then Practical Hardware Pentesting is for you. This book will help you plan attacks, hack your embedded devices, and secure the hardware infrastructure. Throughout the book, you will see how a specific device works, explore the functional and security aspects, and learn how a system senses and communicates with the outside world. You’ll set up a lab from scratch and then gradually work towards an advanced hardware lab—but you’ll still be able to follow along with a basic setup. As you progress, you’ll get to grips with the global architecture of an embedded system and sniff on-board traffic, learn how to identify and formalize threats to the embedded system, and understand its relationship with its ecosystem. You’ll discover how to analyze your hardware and locate its possible system vulnerabilities before going on to explore firmware dumping, analysis, and exploitation. The reverse engineering chapter will get you thinking from an attacker point of view; you’ll understand how devices are attacked, how they are compromised, and how you can harden a device against the most common hardware attack vectors. By the end of this book, you will be well-versed with security best practices and understand how they can be implemented to secure your hardware.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Section 1: Getting to Know the Hardware
6
Section 2: Attacking the Hardware
12
Section 3: Attacking the Software

Technical requirements

  • An FDTI2232 board (with the appropriate udev rules – you know how to do it)
  • A bluepill
  • A JTAGulator
  • An unknown device on which you found a JTAG port (WRT45G boards, a development board, and so on). Basically, go to your local flea market and buy advanced junk (such as modems, set-top boxes, and media players). Not only will it train you with your components opening and identification skills, but you will also have real devices to hack. Remember, these are not just knowledge-based skills but something you do with your hands!

Yes, your significant other will probably get angry at the mess. However, a good side effect is that, now, you know how to get rid of your e-waste properly.

Check out the following link to see the Code in Action video:

https://bit.ly/3rdYE6c