This presentation will discuss the previously-unreleased firmware distribution called “Intentionally Vulnerable WRT (IV-WRT)”. IoT, or more accurately embedded device, security is a train wreck. IV-WRT is an attempt at bringing vulnerabilities to light which exist inside of firmware on embedded systems. While IoT encompasses many more technologies, the crux of the issue is the (in)security of the devices themselves. While the vulnerabilities themselves are not unknown, the repercussions of said vulnerabilities on embedded systems are often overlooked, and the risk (or “So What?”) is lost. Now you can experience these vulnerabilities for yourself, first hand.
Paul Asadoorian is the Founder & CEO of Security Weekly, where he has led the content and production of one of the longest running computer security podcasts/Internet TV shows. By day he is the Product Strategist for Tenable Network Security. Paul produces and hosts the various shows at Security Weekly, all dedicated to providing the latest security news, interviews with the industries finest and technical how-to segments. Paul has extensive experience in penetration testing, vulnerability analysis, and embedded systems security.
Nicholas Curran is a security geek, philosophy geek and producer for Paul's Security Weekly. He enjoys poetry, music and tea. Est culus quod cogos alienum loqui latinae which, roughly translated, means "he is a jerk because he makes strangers speak latin.