Hardware Hacking 101 – Lesson 3: Abusing UART (U Are RooT)

As a reminder, Lesson 1 was a primer on electronics and setting up your lab, and Lesson 2 was an introduction to classical hardware hacking. To get started with security-focused hardware hacking, let’s look at a pretty simple example: getting a root sh… Continue reading Hardware Hacking 101 – Lesson 3: Abusing UART (U Are RooT)

Hardware Hacking 101 – Lesson 2: Classical Hardware Hacking

Welcome back to our ongoing series on hardware hacking and our second lesson. Last month we presented “Lesson 1: Beauty, Your Home Lab and Basic Electronics” with an appreciative nod to this fine art, the essential components needed to try … Continue reading Hardware Hacking 101 – Lesson 2: Classical Hardware Hacking

Hardware Hacking 101 – Lesson 1: Beauty, Your Home Lab and Basic Electronics

Hardware hacking is one of those subjects that a lot of hackers appear to have great interest, but most don’t act on that interest. There are a variety of reasons why this may be such as a perceived steep learning curve, financial barrier to entry, and… Continue reading Hardware Hacking 101 – Lesson 1: Beauty, Your Home Lab and Basic Electronics