Hardware Hacking
This path explores hardware hacking from foundational concepts to advanced physical attack techniques like voltage glitching and timing attacks. Through practical exercises, you’ll learn how hardware analysis devices are used in security analysis and how to build foundational skills for hardware security research.
Hardware Hacking
This path explores hardware hacking from foundational concepts to advanced physical attack techniques like voltage glitching and timing attacks. Through practical exercises, you’ll learn how hardware analysis devices are used in security analysis and how to build foundational skills for hardware security research.
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Why It's Worth Your Time
Modern society relies on countless hardware-based devices, from smart home gadgets and automotive electronics to industrial controllers, and these have become prime targets for hacking. However, hardware security remains unfamiliar to many and accessible resources are limited.
This path offers a step-by-step learning experience, covering everything from basic electronics theory and debug interface usage to advanced physical attack techniques like voltage glitching and timing-based attacks, using real hardware for hands-on exercise. It is ideal for those aiming for embedded security careers, such as IoT security specialists or automotive security researchers, as well as anyone curious about hardware hacking.
Topics Covered
- Fundamentals of electronics and understanding PCB (Printed Circuit Board) structures
- Using debugging interfaces like JTAG and UART
- Extracting firmware data from flash memory and eMMC
- Identifying hardware vulnerabilities through firmware analysis
- Side-channel attacks for hardware such as voltage glitching and fault injection
- Building circuits and practicing physical security attacks through timing-based exercises
Recommended For
- Aspiring white-hat hackers, IoT security specialists, and automotive security researchers
- Those interested in exploring and mastering hardware hacking
Prerequisite Knowledge
- Basic understanding of C language and assembly
- Interest or foundational knowledge in electronics and electrical concepts
- Experience in reverse engineering or firmware analysis (helpful)
Unit Composition
- 1Learn the fundamentals of hardware hacking, including basic electrical and electronic concepts, as well as the structure of PCBs and ICs.Hardware Hacking CasesHardware hacking and its examplesElectronic Circuits and Their ComponentsElectronic circuits and their componentsQuiz: Electronics/ElectricalPCBPCBQuiz: PCB
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Explore methods for extracting firmware using debug interfaces and flash memory techniques.Debug Interface UsageUsing the debug interfaceFlash Memory Data ExtractionExtract Flash Memory DataeMMC Data ExtractionExtracting eMMC data - 4
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Retail Price
800 coins
When you subscribe
Free
0% Completed
Total 0 completed
Lecture
0 /8
8
Quiz
0 /2
2
The Lab is a practice and is not included in the overall progress.