🇬🇧 Exploration of Cellular Based IoT Technology

Overview: As cellular technologies continue to become more integrated into IoT devices, there has been a noticeable lag in comprehending potential security implications associated with cellular hardware technologies. Furthermore, the development of effective hardware testing methodologies has also fallen behind.

Key Topics: As cellular technologies continue to become more integrated into IoT devices, there has been a noticeable lag in comprehending potential security implications associated with cellular hardware technologies.; Given the highly regulated nature of cellular communication and the prevalent use of encryption, it is imperative for security researchers to deepen their understanding of circuit design and the integration of cellular modems into IoT devices.; In this presentation, I will introduce a wide-ranging testing and analysis methodology aimed at enhancing our understanding and evaluation of the security of IoT devices that currently rely on cellular communications.; This methodology will encomp

Takeaways: This methodology will encompass an examination of various cellular modem modules in use, their integration into circuit design, and hardware hacking techniques for interacting with communication circuits to control cellular modules, all for the purpose of security testing and analysis. URL: https://defcon.org/html/defcon-32/dc-32-creator-talks.html#54571