Serberus

Presented at DEF CON 32 (2024), Aug. 9, 2024, noon (105 minutes).

The Serberus is a serial Man-in-the-Middle hardware hacking tool designed to connect to embedded devices . It has 4 channels and has headers to interface with up to 3 UARTs simultaneously and also has the ability to connect to JTAG, SPI, I2C and SWD interfaces. During this talk I will introduce the Serberus and what makes it different than other, similar tools. It has a level shifter and switch to allow you to connect to logic voltages of 1.8, 2.5 and 3.3v or any arbitrary voltage between 1.65v and 5.5v, matching that of your target. The Serberus is unique in that it was designed to use open source tools like the Akheron proxy in order to MitM serial communications. I will demonstrate the Serberus connecting to a wifi router, to a JTAG, I2C or SPI target and I will also show the MitM capabilities on the serial connection between an aircraft transponder and its avionics system. The Serberus project is free and open source with all board layouts, gerbers and schematics published.

Presenters:

  • Patrick Kiley - Principal Consultant at Mandiant
    Principal Consultant at Mandiant (a division of Google Cloud) has over 20 years of information security experience working with both private sector employers and the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Patrick has spoken at DEF CON, BlackHat, Bsides and RSA. Patrick can usually be found in the Car Hacking or Aerospace village where he volunteered for several years. His passion is embedded systems security and has released research in Avionics, embedded systems and even bricked his own Tesla while trying to make it faster.

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