Explore the vulnerabilities and security challenges of urban infrastructure in this Black Hat conference talk. Delve into a comprehensive methodology for reverse engineering cities and identifying their attack surfaces. Examine proven hacking capabilities and known threats from criminal and nation-state actors applicable to city-level attacks. Learn strategies for penetration testing to highlight and mitigate vulnerabilities at the urban scale. Discover complementary approaches including exercises, collective training, metrics, and specialized attack/defend ranges. Gain insights into securing cities as a crucial step towards national cybersecurity, while acquiring practical tools and techniques to improve urban information security. Understand the complex interdependencies between agencies, infrastructure, and various levels of government that make securing cities a unique challenge.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
Introductions
Why are cities important
Cascading failures
City definition
Industry
Honeywell
Building Blocks
Port Scan
Clicker
Web Servers
Wireless
Spectrum Analysis
Taught by
Black Hat