Nowadays, embedded and IoT devices play an important role in corporate and industrial environments, and even in our homes. Some of them are responsible for critical tasks. But how secure are they?

In this workshop, attendees will learn the fundamentals of hardware hacking, including how to identify the main components of a physical device, such as the primary processor, flash memory, debug interfaces, and other key hardware elements. Additionally, attendees will become familiar with using both hardware and software tools to analyze signals and interact with debug ports, interfaces, and ICs for tasks such as extracting firmware, obtaining root access to a device, or understanding how the device works. Finally, attendees will learn techniques for analyzing device firmware to identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.