IoT Village·41 min
Dr. Amit Bar On · Anahit Tarkhanyan
Examines the evolution of security baselines, regulatory compliance, and standardization frameworks for connected IoT devices.
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DEF CON Safe Mode/IoT Village across years
IoT Village Safe Mode
Virtual (Discord and Twitch) · 6-9 August 2020 · 19 talks
IoT Village highlights embedded firmware analysis, smart device reverse engineering, hardware security research tools, and connected device vulnerability disclosure.
1–19 of 19 talks
IoT Village·1 hr 14 min
Deral Heiland
Guides defenders and researchers through assembling an affordable hardware hacking workbench with essential tools and equipment.
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IoT Village·43 min
Barak Sternberg
Explores vulnerability discovery techniques and exploitation workflows targeting connected smart devices.
iotreverse-engineeringvulnerability-research+1
IoT Village·44 min
Netspooky
Analyzes the persistent economics, attack vectors, and lifecycle of IoT botnets driving modern DDoS-for-hire services.
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IoT Village·28 min
Chloé Messdaghi
Advocates for legal protections, safe harbor frameworks, and policy reforms to shield security researchers from prosecution.
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IoT Village·29 min
t1v0
Surveys existing UPnP assessment tools, highlighting protocol flaws, NAT traversal risks, and custom tooling.
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IoT Village·1 hr 18 min
Garrett Enochs
Walks through interacting with the U-Boot bootloader via serial console to extract firmware and alter boot parameters.
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IoT Village·17 min
Besim Altinok · Anil Celik
Shares real-world case studies and practical lessons learned from testing and hacking consumer IoT devices.
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IoT Village·45 min
Kat Fitzgerald
Explains how to deploy IoT honeypots to capture malicious scanning and isolate rogue appliances on home networks.
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IoT Village·31 min
Sanjana Sarda
Offers practical guidance and methodology for young security researchers starting out in IoT vulnerability hunting.
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IoT Village·1 hr 16 min
Jonathan Stines
Demonstrates how to capture, decode, and interpret serial communication protocols using hardware logic analyzers.
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IoT Village·1 hr 3 min
Deral Heiland
Details techniques for dumping raw NAND flash chips, reconstructing wear-leveled blocks, and recovering embedded filesystems.
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IoT Village·21 min
Troy Brown
Reveals how medical and consumer IoT devices deployed during the COVID-19 pandemic transmitted sensitive data in plaintext.
privacyiottraffic-analysis+1
IoT Village·1 hr 1 min
Matthew Byrdwell
Presents an embedded hardware research case study dissecting device security architecture and unexpected failure modes.
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IoT Village·43 min
Panelists discuss the realities, communication hurdles, and diplomatic nuances of coordinated vulnerability disclosure.
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IoT Village·38 min
Denise Bilic · Cecilia Pastorino
Examines severe privacy flaws, Bluetooth Low Energy vulnerabilities, and cloud data risks in connected smart devices.
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IoT Village·44 min
Parker Wiksell
Examines recurring vulnerability patterns, outdated third-party SDKs, and component reuse across IoT supply chains.
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IoT Village·42 min
Mark Bereza
Chains four CVEs in a commercial telepresence robot to achieve remote code execution and covert surveillance.
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IoT Village·47 min
Dewank Pant · Shruti Lohani
Analyzes privacy risks, data leakage, and device takeover vulnerabilities across consumer smart home ecosystems.
iotsmart-homeprivacy+1