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IoT Penetration Testing Cookbook

You're reading from   IoT Penetration Testing Cookbook Identify vulnerabilities and secure your smart devices

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787280571
Length 452 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Aaron Guzman Aaron Guzman
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. IoT Penetration Testing FREE CHAPTER 2. IoT Threat Modeling 3. Analyzing and Exploiting Firmware 4. Exploitation of Embedded Web Applications 5. Exploiting IoT Mobile Applications 6. IoT Device Hacking 7. Radio Hacking 8. Firmware Security Best Practices 9. Mobile Security Best Practices 10. Securing Hardware 11. Advanced IoT Exploitation and Security Automation

Antitamper and hardware protection mechanisms


Tamper resistance means using specialized components to protect against tampering with a given device. One of the common and effective ways of implementing antitampering, which can strengthen the hardware security of a device, is by adding tamper detection switches, sensors, or circuitry in the device, which can detect certain actions such as the opening of the device or its forceful breakage, and would act based on that by deleting the flash memory, or making the device unusable.

Along with this, it is highly recommended to protect sensitive chips and components by removing their labels, hiding them with epoxy, and even encapsulating the chips in a secure enclosure.

Some other techniques of implementing tamper resistance include incorporating tight airflow channels, security screws and hardened steel enclosures-all of which would make tampering with the device extremely difficult.

Security screws in a power socket

Most device manufacturers also...

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