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# Awesome Embedded and IoT Security [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re) > A curated list of awesome resources about embedded and IoT security. The list contains software and hardware tools, books, research papers and more. Botnets like [Mirai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirai_(malware)) have proven that there is a need for more security in embedded and IoT devices. This list shall help beginners and experts to find helpful resources on the topic. If you are a beginner, you should have a look at the [Books](#books) and [Case Studies](#case-studies) sections. If you want to start right away with your own analysis, you should give the [Analysis Frameworks](#analysis-frameworks) a try. They are easy to use and you do not need to be an expert to get first meaningful results. > *Items marked with :euro: are comercial products.* ## Contents - [Software Tools](#software-tools) - [Analysis Frameworks](#analysis-frameworks) - [Analysis Tools](#analysis-tools) - [Extraction Tools](#extraction-tools) - [Support Tools](#support-tools) - [Misc Tools](#misc-tools) - [Hardware Tools](#hardware-tools) - [Books](#books) - [Research Papers](#research-papers) - [Case Studies](#case-studies) - [Free Training](#free-training) - [Websites](#websites) - [Blogs](#blogs) - [Tutorials and Technical Background](#tutorials-and-technical-background) - [Conferences](#conferences) ## Software Tools Software tools for analyzing embedded/IoT devices and firmware. ### Analysis Frameworks - [EXPLIoT](https://gitlab.com/expliot_framework/expliot) - Pentest framework like Metasploit but specialized for IoT. - [FACT - The Firmware Analysis and Comparison Tool](https://fkie-cad.github.io/FACT_core/) - Full-featured static analysis framework including extraction of firmware, analysis utilizing different plug-ins and comparison of different firmware versions. - [Improving your firmware security analysis process with FACT](https://passthesalt.ubicast.tv/videos/improving-your-firmware-security-analysis-process-with-fact/) - Conference talk about FACT :tv:. - [FwAnalyzer](https://github.com/cruise-automation/fwanalyzer) - Analyze security of firmware based on customized rules. Intended as additional step in DevSecOps, similar to CI. - [HAL – The Hardware Analyzer](https://github.com/emsec/hal) - A comprehensive reverse engineering and manipulation framework for gate-level netlists. - [IoTSecFuzz](https://gitlab.com/invuls/iot-projects/iotsecfuzz) - Framework for automatisation of IoT layers security analysis: hardware, software and communication. - [Killerbee](https://github.com/riverloopsec/killerbee) - Framework for Testing & Auditing ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4 Networks. - [PRET](https://github.com/RUB-NDS/PRET) - Printer Exploitation Toolkit. - [Routersploit](https://github.com/threat9/routersploit) - Framework dedicated to exploit embedded devices. ### Analysis Tools - [Binwalk](https://github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk) - Searches a binary for "interesting" stuff. - [Firmadyne](https://github.com/firmadyne/firmadyne) - Tries to emulate and pentest a firmware. - [Firmwalker](https://github.com/craigz28/firmwalker) - Searches extracted firmware images for interesting files and information. - [Firmware Slap](https://github.com/ChrisTheCoolHut/Firmware_Slap) - Discovering vulnerabilities in firmware through concolic analysis and function clustering. - [Ghidra](https://ghidra-sre.org/) - Software Reverse Engineering suite; handles arbitrary binaries, if you provide CPU architecture and endianness of the binary. - [Radare2](https://github.com/radare/radare2) - Software Reverse Engineering framework, also handles popular formats and arbitrary binaries, has an extensive command line toolset. - [Trommel](https://github.com/CERTCC/trommel) - Searches extracted firmware images for interesting files and information. ### Extraction Tools - [Binwalk](https://github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk) - Extracts arbitrary files utilizing a carving approach. - [FACT Extractor](https://github.com/fkie-cad/fact_extractor) - Detects container format automatically and executes the corresponding extraction tool. - [Firmware Mod Kit](https://github.com/rampageX/firmware-mod-kit/wiki) - Extraction tools for several container formats. - [The SRecord package](http://srecord.sourceforge.net/) - Collection of tools for manipulating EPROM files (can convert lots of binary formats). ### Support Tools - [JTAGenum](https://github.com/cyphunk/JTAGenum) - Add JTAG capabilities to an Arduino. - [OpenOCD](http://openocd.org/) - Free and Open On-Chip Debugging, In-System Programming and Boundary-Scan Testing. ### Misc Tools - [Samsung Firmware Magic](https://github.com/chrivers/samsung-firmware-magic) - Decrypt Samsung SSD firmware updates. ## Hardware Tools - [Bus Blaster](http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Bus_Blaster) - Detects and interacts with hardware debug ports like [UART](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_asynchronous_receiver-transmitter) and [JTAG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JTAG). - [Bus Pirate](http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Bus_Pirate) - Detects and interacts with hardware debug ports like UART and JTAG. - [JTAGULATOR](http://www.grandideastudio.com/jtagulator/) - Detects JTAG Pinouts fast. - [Saleae](https://www.saleae.com/) - Easy to use Logic Analyzer that support many protocols :euro:. - [Ikalogic](https://www.ikalogic.com/pages/logic-analyzer-sp-series-sp209) - Alternative to Saleae logic analyzers :euro:. - [HydraBus](https://hydrabus.com/hydrabus-1-0-specifications/) - Open source multi-tool hardware similar to the BusPirate but with NFC capabilities. - [ChipWhisperer](https://newae.com/chipwhisperer/) - Detects Glitch/Side-channel attacks. - [Glasgow](https://github.com/GlasgowEmbedded/Glasgow) - Tool for exploring and debugging different digital interfaces. - [J-Link](https://www.segger.com/products/debug-probes/j-link/models/model-overview/) - J-Link offers USB powered JTAG debug probes for multiple different CPU cores :euro:. ## Books - 2020, Jasper van Woudenberg, Colin O'Flynn: [The Hardware Hacking Handbook: Breaking Embedded Security with Hardware Attacks](https://www.amazon.com/Hardware-Hacking-Handbook-Breaking-Embedded-ebook/dp/B077WZBFYL) - 2019, Yago Hansen: [The Hacker's Hardware Toolkit: The best collection of hardware gadgets for Red Team hackers, Pentesters and security researchers](https://github.com/yadox666/The-Hackers-Hardware-Toolkit/blob/master/TheHackersHardwareToolkit.pdf) - 2019, Aditya Gupta: [The IoT Hacker's Handbook: A Practical Guide to Hacking the Internet of Things](https://www.apress.com/us/book/9781484242995) - 2018, Mark Swarup Tehranipoor: [Hardware Security: A Hands-on Learning Approach](https://www.elsevier.com/books/hardware-security/bhunia/978-0-12-812477-2) - 2017, Aditya Gupta, Aaron Guzman: [IoT Penetration Testing Cookbook](https://www.packtpub.com/networking-and-servers/iot-penetration-testing-cookbook) - 2017, Andrew Huang: [The Hardware Hacker: Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware](https://nostarch.com/hardwarehackerpaperback) - 2016, Craig Smith: [The Car Hacker's Handbook: A Guide for the Penetration Tester](https://nostarch.com/carhacking) - 2015, Nitesh Dhanjan: [Abusing the Internet of Things: Blackouts, Freakouts, and Stakeouts](https://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033547.do) - 2014, Debdeep Mukhopadhyay: [Hardware Security: Design, Threats, and Safeguards](https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429066900) - 2014, Jack Ganssle: [The Firmware Handbook (Embedded Technology)](https://www.elsevier.com/books/the-firmware-handbook/ganssle/978-0-7506-7606-9) - 2013, Andrew Huang: [Hacking the XBOX](https://nostarch.com/xboxfree) ## Research Papers - 2019, Almakhdhub et al: [BenchIoT: A Security Benchmark for the Internet of Things](https://nebelwelt.net/publications/files/19DSN.pdf) - 2019, Alrawi et al: [SoK: Security Evaluation of Home-Based IoT Deployments](https://alrawi.github.io/static/papers/alrawi_sok_sp19.pdf) - 2019, Abbasi et al: [Challenges in Designing Exploit Mitigations for Deeply Embedded Systems](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8806725) - 2019, Song et al: [PeriScope: An Effective Probing and Fuzzing Framework for the Hardware-OS Boundary](https://www.ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ndss2019_04A-1_Song_paper.pdf) - 2018, Muench et al: [What You Corrupt Is Not What You Crash: Challenges in Fuzzing Embedded Devices](http://www.eurecom.fr/en/publication/5417/download/sec-publi-5417.pdf) - 2017, O'Meara et al: [Embedded Device Vulnerability Analysis Case Study Using Trommel](https://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?assetid=509271) - 2017, Jacob et al: [How to Break Secure Boot on FPGA SoCs through Malicious Hardware](https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/625.pdf) - 2017, Costin et al: [Towards Automated Classification of Firmware Images and Identification of Embedded Devices](http://s3.eurecom.fr/docs/ifip17_costin.pdf) - 2016, Kammerstetter et al: [Embedded Security Testing with Peripheral Device Caching and Runtime Program State Approximation](https://www.thinkmind.org/download.php?articleid=securware_2016_2_10_30082) - 2016, Chen et al: [Towards Automated Dynamic Analysis for Linux-based Embedded Firmware](https://www.dcddcc.com/docs/2016_paper_firmadyne.pdf) - 2016, Costin et al: [Automated Dynamic Firmware Analysis at Scale: A Case Study on Embedded Web Interfaces](http://s3.eurecom.fr/docs/asiaccs16_costin.pdf) - 2015, Shoshitaishvili et al:[Firmalice - Automatic Detection of Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities in Binary Firmware](https://www.ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/11_1_2.pdf) - 2015, Papp et al: [Embedded Systems Security: Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Attack Taxonomy](http://www.cse.psu.edu/~pdm12/cse597g-f15/readings/cse597g-embedded_systems.pdf) - 2014, Zaddach et al: [Avatar: A Framework to Support Dynamic Security Analysis of Embedded Systems' Firmwares](http://www.eurecom.fr/en/publication/4158/download/rs-publi-4158.pdf) - 2014, Alimi et al: [Analysis of embedded applications by evolutionary fuzzing](http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6903734/) - 2014, Costin et al: [A Large-Scale Analysis of the Security of Embedded Firmware s](http://www.s3.eurecom.fr/docs/usenixsec14_costin.pdf) - 2013, Davidson et al: [FIE on Firmware: Finding Vulnerabilities in Embedded Systems using Symbolic Execution](https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/usenixsecurity13/sec13-paper_davidson.pdf) ## Case Studies - [Binary Hardening in IoT products](https://cyber-itl.org/2019/08/26/iot-data-writeup.html) - [Cracking Linksys “Encryption”](http://www.devttys0.com/2014/02/cracking-linksys-crypto/) - [Deadly Sins Of Development](https://youtu.be/nXyglaY9N9w) - Conference talk presenting several real world examples on real bad implementations :tv:. - [Dumping firmware from a device's SPI flash with a buspirate](https://www.iotpentest.com/2019/06/dumping-firmware-from-device-using.html) - [Hacking the DSP-W215, Again](http://www.devttys0.com/2014/05/hacking-the-dspw215-again/) - [Hacking the PS4](https://cturt.github.io/ps4.html) - Introduction to PS4's security. - [Multiple vulnerabilities found in the D-link DWR-932B](https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2016-09-28-dlink-dwr-932b-lte-routers-vulnerabilities.html) - [Pwning the Dlink 850L routers and abusing the MyDlink Cloud protocol](https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2017-09-08-dlink-850l-mydlink-cloud-0days-vulnerabilities.html) - [PWN Xerox Printers (...again)](https://www.fkie.fraunhofer.de/content/dam/fkie/de/documents/xerox_phaser_6700_white_paper.pdf) - [Reversing Firmware With Radare](https://www.bored-nerds.com/reversing/radare/automotive/2019/07/07/reversing-firmware-with-radare.html) - [Reversing the Huawei HG533](http://jcjc-dev.com/2016/04/08/reversing-huawei-router-1-find-uart/) ## Free Training - [CSAW Embedded Security Challenge 2019](https://github.com/TrustworthyComputing/csaw_esc_2019) - CSAW 2019 Embedded Security Challenge (ESC). - [Embedded Security CTF](https://microcorruption.com) - Microcorruption: Embedded Security CTF. - [Hardware Hacking 101](https://github.com/rdomanski/hardware_hacking/tree/master/my_talks/Hardware_Hacking_101) - Workshop @ BSides Munich 2019. - [IoTGoat](https://github.com/scriptingxss/IoTGoat) - IoTGoat is a deliberately insecure firmware based on OpenWrt. - [Rhme-2015](https://github.com/Riscure/RHme-2015) - First riscure Hack me hardware CTF challenge. - [Rhme-2016](https://github.com/Riscure/Rhme-2016) - Riscure Hack me 2 is a low level hardware CTF challenge. - [Rhme-2017/2018](https://github.com/Riscure/Rhme-2017) - Riscure Hack Me 3 embedded hardware CTF 2017-2018. ## Websites - [Hacking Printers Wiki](http://hacking-printers.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) - All things printer. - [OWASP Embedded Application Security Project](https://owasp.org/www-project-embedded-application-security/) - Development best practices and list of hardware and software tools. - [OWASP Internet of Things Project](https://owasp.org/www-project-internet-of-things/) - IoT common vulnerabilities and attack surfaces. - [Router Passwords](https://192-168-1-1ip.mobi/default-router-passwords-list/) - Default login credential database sorted by manufacturer. - [Siliconpr0n](https://siliconpr0n.org/) - A Wiki/Archive of all things IC reversing. ### Blogs - [/dev/ttyS0's Embedded Device Hacking](http://www.devttys0.com/blog/) - [Exploiteers](https://www.exploitee.rs/) - [Hackaday](https://hackaday.com) - [jcjc's Hack The World](https://jcjc-dev.com/) - [Quarkslab](https://blog.quarkslab.com/) - [wrong baud](https://wrongbaud.github.io/) ### Tutorials and Technical Background - [Azeria Lab](https://azeria-labs.com/) - Miscellaneous ARM related Tutorials. - [JTAG Explained](https://blog.senr.io/blog/jtag-explained#) - A walkthrough covering UART and JTAG bypassing a protected login shell. - [Reverse Engineering Serial Ports](http://www.devttys0.com/2012/11/reverse-engineering-serial-ports/) - Detailed tutorial about how to spot debug pads on a PCB. - [UART explained](https://www.mikroe.com/blog/uart-serial-communication) - An in depth explanation of the UART protocol. ## Conferences Conferences focused on embedded and/or IoT security. - [Hardwear.io](https://hardwear.io/) - The Hague, September. - [Hardwear.io USA](https://hardwear.io/) - Santa Clara, June. ## Contribute Contributions welcome! Read the [contribution guidelines](contributing.md) first. ## License [![CC0](https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/buttons/88x31/svg/cc-zero.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) To the extent possible under law, Fraunhofer FKIE has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.