Hardware Vulnerabilities Courses and Certifications

Exploiting Modern Microarchitectures - Meltdown, Spectre, & Other Hardware Attacks

Stanford University offers a 1-2 hour seminar on modern microarchitectures, focusing on hardware attacks like Meltdown and Spectre, their mitigation, and maintaining performance without compromising security.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Graz University of Technology

Between Physical and Sofware: Fault Attacks, Side Channels, and Mitigations

Explore fault attacks and side channels with Graz University of Technology's 10-week course. Learn to manipulate applications, implement attacks, and understand mitigation strategies.

• edX
• 10 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Black Hat

POSWorld - Should You Be Afraid of Hands-On Payment Devices

Explore the dark market of cloned Point of Sales terminals with Black Hat. In less than an hour, learn about their anti-tampering mechanisms and protection layers.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Hack In The Box Security Conference

Drammer - The Making Of

Explore the making of Drammer, an Android root exploit, from a hacker's perspective in this less than 1-hour material by Hack In The Box Security Conference.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Kaspersky

The Evolving Attack Surface

Explore the evolving attack surface of ICS systems with Richard Brooks from Clemson University in this under 1-hour material offered by Kaspersky.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Hack In The Box Security Conference

Exploiting QSEE, The Raelize Way

Learn about exploiting QSEE vulnerabilities for arbitrary code execution from experts at Hack In The Box Security Conference. Understand hardware and software vulnerabilities, and their impact on device security.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Black Hat

Torturing OpenSSL

Explore how hardware vulnerabilities can compromise software-secure systems in this Black Hat offering. Learn to execute a complete end-to-end security attack, leveraging transient hardware faults.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Black Hat

Learn How to Control Every Room at a Luxury Hotel Remotely

Explore the anatomy of a hotel automation protocol attack with Black Hat. Learn reverse engineering, identify deployment flaws, and create secure home automation architectures.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Black Hat

Smart Nest Thermostat - A Smart Spy in Your Home

Explore the security vulnerabilities of smart home devices with Black Hat's brief study on Nest Thermostat, highlighting potential breaches and methods to control the device remotely.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

media.ccc.de

Wallet.fail

Explore the security of cryptocurrency hardware wallets with media.ccc.de. Uncover architectural, physical, hardware, software, and firmware vulnerabilities, and learn how to build more resilient wallets.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Black Hat

Hiding at Depth - Exploring, Subverting and Breaking NAND Flash Memory

Explore NAND Flash storage functions, uncover logical weaknesses, and learn to hide/persist files on mobile devices with Black Hat's short, intensive program. Discover how to detect advanced malware and understand the implications of remote NAND manipula…

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Black Hat

Behind the Speculative Curtain - The True Story of Fighting Meltdown and Spectre

Black Hat offers a gripping, less than 1-hour study into the real-life battle against hardware vulnerabilities, Meltdown and Spectre, led by industry experts.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Black Hat

Can You Trust Me Now? An Exploration Into the Mobile Threat Landscape

Explore the mobile threat landscape with Black Hat, understanding mobile vulnerabilities, design paradigms, and security measures in under an hour.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Black Hat

Taking DMA Attacks to the Next Level

Learn to execute undetectable DMA attacks using a custom PCB probe with an FPGA, offered by Black Hat. Less than 1-hour workload.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

IEEE

Blacksmith- Compromising Target Row Refresh by Rowhammering in the Frequency Domain

Learn about compromising target row refresh by rowhammering in the frequency domain from IEEE experts in less than an hour.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course