Low Level Firmware Analysis and Hacking

Presented at HOPE Number Six (2006), July 22, 2006, 10 a.m. (60 minutes)

A presentation using examples from John's experience reverse engineering disposable digital cameras. Hardware disassembly, reading firmware from the flash chip, firmware disassembly, figuring out hardware registers, and how to identify and circumvent lock codes will be among the topics touched upon. The CVS camcorder lock and the vulnerability that hacked it will also be discussed.

Presenters:

• John Maushammer
  John Maushammer aka Morcheeba is the person who reverse engineered and then hacked three disposable digital cameras to make them reusable. He also reversed engineered the Sega VMU mini game system. Detailed info can be found at http://www.maushammer.com/systems.

Links:

• https://infocon.org/cons/2600/HOPE Number Six (2006)/HOPE Number Six (2006) - Low Level Firmware Analysis and Hacking.srt (subtitles)
• https://infocon.org/cons/2600/HOPE Number Six (2006)/HOPE Number Six (2006) - Low Level Firmware Analysis and Hacking.mp4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIP0tz5_jsA

Similar Presentations:

• REcon 2022 / Detect Me If You Can - Anti-Firmware Forensics
• Black Hat USA 2015 / Using Static Binary Analysis to Find Vulnerabilities and Backdoors in Firmware
• 30C3 (2013) / An introduction to Firmware Analysis: Techniques - Tools - Tricks