Posts tagged IoT

6 min IoT

A Quick Look at CES 2022

The first thing I noticed about CES 2022 was COVID’s impact on the event, which was more than just attendance size.

6 min IoT

Hands-On IoT Hacking: Rapid7 at DefCon 29 IoT Village, Part 4

In this final post, we'll discuss how to gain full root access and successfully complete this exercise in IoT hacking.

6 min IoT

Hands-On IoT Hacking: Rapid7 at DefCon 29 IoT Village, Part 3

The goal in this next phase of the IoT hacking exercise is to turn the console back on.

6 min Research

Hands-On IoT Hacking: Rapid7 at DefCon IoT Village, Part 2

In part 2 of our series on Rapid7's IoT hacking exercise from DefCon 29, we look at how to determine whether the header we created is UART.

4 min Research

Hands-On IoT Hacking: Rapid7 at DefCon IoT Village, Part 1

At this year's DefCon IoT Village, Rapid7 ran a hands-on hardware hacking exercise that exposed attendees to concepts and methods for IoT hacking.

3 min IoT

HaXmas Hardware Hacking

This HaXmas, I decided to dig around a little in Rapid7's library of IoT investigations that never really went anywhere, just to see which tools were used.

5 min Security Strategy

UPnP With a Holiday Cheer

For today’s discussion, this blog post will only cover the port forwarding services and will also share a Python script you can use to start examining this service.

2 min Public Policy

Congress unanimously passes federal IoT security law

Congress passed a law to secure federal procurement and use of IoT devices, and require contractors to adopt coordinated vulnerability disclosure processes.

5 min Public Policy

A step closer to stronger federal IoT security

The US House passed the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act, which would require federal procurement and use of IoT devices to conform to basic security requirements.

6 min Public Policy

Internet of Things Cybersecurity Regulation and Rapid7

Over the past few years, the security of the Internet of Things (IoT) has been a consistent focus in policy circles around the world.

7 min Research

Building a Printed Circuit Board Probe Testing Jig

In this blog, we discuss how to build a printed circuit board (PCB) probe testing jig.

4 min IoT

IoT Vuln Disclosure: Children's GPS Smart Watches (R7-2019-57)

In a recent IoT hacking training exercise, Rapid7 penetration testers set out to find vulnerabilities in a number of children's GPS-enabled smart watches.

3 min IoT

IoT Security and Risk: What Is It, Where Is It Heading, and How Do We Embrace It?

In this blog, we discuss what security professionals should be doing to secure their IoT devices and where companies often go wrong with IoT security.

9 min Vulnerability Disclosure

Investigating the Plumbing of the IoT Ecosystem (R7-2018-65, R7-2019-07) (FIXED)

Two vulnerabilities have been disclosed for Eaton's Home Lighting HALO Home Smart Lighting System and BlueCats' AA Beacon.

4 min Research

Extracting Firmware from Microcontrollers’ Onboard Flash Memory, Part 4

In our fourth and final part of this ongoing series, we will conduct further firmware extraction exercises with the Texas Instruments RF microcontroller.