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Editor's Note: Second post in our Hardware Hacking series with the hardware hacking legend himself .. Luca Bongiorni. This time Luca turns his attention to a payment terminal (POS) he spotted in the w...

INTRODUCTION Auditing hardware and embedded devices has a well-earned reputation of being difficult because it is truly full-stack: it requires knowledge and tools across several disciplines: electron...

YouTube video by WHID We Hack In Disguise

Bought a refurbished IoT device on Amazon? It might still be paired to the previous owner. Using a WHIDBoard Pro, we exploited a smart cooker's UART debug port to gain root access in minutes. From And...

INTRODUCTION Auditing hardware and embedded devices has a well-earned reputation of being difficult because it is truly full-stack: it requires knowledge and tools across several disciplines: electron...

Bought a refurbished IoT device on Amazon? It might still be paired to the previous owner. Using a WHIDBoard Pro, we exploited a smart cooker's UART debug port to gain root access in minutes. From And...

The ubiquitous ESP32 microchip made by Chinese manufacturer Espressif and used by over 1 billion units as of 2023 contains an undocumented "backdoor" that could be leveraged for attacks.