Bio-Hacking: Implantable chip attack vector

Presented at BSidesLV 2015, Aug. 5, 2015, 11 a.m. (55 minutes)

Implantable electronic devices are becoming more common nowadays. Specifically subdermal implants are now being used in companies for employee identification, security access, medical records and authentication among other uses. These implantable devices can easily bypass current security check procedures in most enterprises as they are located inside the body of a human. A live demo of mobile exploitation using an implanted RFID chip into a subject's hand will be performed during this presentation. This proof of concept aims to show the possibilities of use of implantable devices as attack vectors.


Presenters:

  • Rod Soto
    Rod Soto is a security researcher and board member of HackMiami. He is a regular speaker at hacking conferences all over the country on the topics of penetration testing tools and methods, as well as the topic of digital civil liberties. Rod Soto was the winner of the 2012 BlackHat Las Vegas Capture the Flag hacking competition, and is the founder and lead developer of the Kommand&&Kontrol competitive hacking tournament series. He is currently a senior principal researcher with the engineering research team of an information security corporation engaged in digital crime intelligence analysis, vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and malware reversal.
  • Seth Wahle
    Seth Wahle is an engineer and security researcher who specializes in embedded computing, robotic, and radio frequency systems. As a former Fire Control-man in the United States Navy, He maintained and controlled the ships self defense weapon systems to protect the U.S. fleet against surface and missile attacks. Now as a civilian Seth applies his skills to identify and solve problems in the cyber security, large scale asset management, and automated manufacturing sectors.

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