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IoT Unravelled Part 3: Security

Troy Hunt

In part 1 of this series, I posited that the IoT landscape is an absolute mess but Home Assistant (HA) does an admirable job of tying it all together. Same again with the TicTocTrack kids tracking watches which allowed a stranger on the other side of the world to talk to my 6 year old daughter. Or talking teddy bear.

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IoT Unravelled Part 2: IP Addresses, Network, Zigbee, Custom Firmware and Soldering

Troy Hunt

In part 1 , I deliberately kept everything really high level because frankly, I didn't want to scare people off. I'm not ashamed to say that the process of getting even the basics working absolutely did my head in as I waded through a sea of unfamiliar technologies, protocols and acronyms.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Reverse Engineering Smart Meters

ForAllSecure

After hearing a talk, a Dallas-based hacker set out to find out what was going on inside the smart meter attached to his home, and what he found was surprising. He joins The Hacker Mind to talk about his journey, about mesh networks, and even glitching. But we all know how security by obscurity works in the end.

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Happy 10th anniversary & Kali's story.so far

Kali Linux

Longer history lesson Knoppix - Initial two weeks work Whoppix (White-Hat and knOPPIX) came about as the founder, @Muts, was doing an in-person air-gap network penetration test lasting for two weeks in 2004. At the time, Slax had a more mature toolchain for generating Live-CDs and working with OverlayFS. A fresh start in March 2013.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Industrial Control Systems

ForAllSecure

The very concept of criminal hackers taking down the power grid of a world capital does seem like the plot of a Hollywood movie. And this what, as a journalist, excites me, it’s figuring out what really happened, and then it starts to sound really boring. He told us it seemed like something in a Hollywood movie.

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IoT Unravelled Part 1: It's a Mess. But Then There's Home Assistant

Troy Hunt

I had to buy new gear, learn new acronyms and work with things I'd never heard of before. During this whole exercise, I decided I needed to replace the receiver in my home entertainment setup as it wasn't powerful enough to drive the speakers I have. Every time I thought I had an answer, it raised 2 more questions.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Inside DEF CON’S Champion CTF Team PPP

ForAllSecure

What mad skills does one have to possess to be on their team? And it really helped that the school she attended had a pathway for her to develop her computer science skills, and a teacher who recognized that potential early on. Zaratec: But it was I don't really know how to hack. Vamosi: That does sound like fun.

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