Technical requirements
The following are the hardware requirements for this chapter:
- A test system so that you can apply the techniques and tools we will go through in this chapter. I will be using a simple children toy (a Furby, in this case; you can find one pretty easily on private sales websites or second-hand stores) as an example. You may wish to use one or more test systems (I strongly advise that you have more than a single test system available when doing hardware pentesting as it is very common to destroy components or modules during your research; a lot of things can go wrong, and having two to three test systems upfront will save you quite a bit of time) yourself if you want to follow along (some minor details could change depending on the version you get) or use another cheap kid's toy (or any other simple system for that matter) to deploy the same logic on your own.
- Some sharp tools (scalpels or hobby knives).
- Cutting pliers, wire strippers, and electrical...
