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Bypassing passwords and getting a shell through UART in a Wi-Fi router

We started out by trying to connect to the router via UART and found out that it asks for a username and password in order to log in. We made many attempts using well-known credentials, but we decided that it was time to resort to static analysis in an attempt to find out the correct password.

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A vulnerability in Realtek´s SDK for eCos OS: pwning thousands of routers

Pentesters use a comprehensive and complete toolkit to expose different platforms and evaluate the security of an IT infrastructure. They safely try to exploit vulnerabilities and are experts at reporting failures, data leakage, or other vulnerabilities.
In this post, we present these tools and the several ways they can be applied.

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New research findings from Faraday goes to DEF CON

Pentesters use a comprehensive and complete toolkit to expose different platforms and evaluate the security of an IT infrastructure. They safely try to exploit vulnerabilities and are experts at reporting failures, data leakage, or other vulnerabilities.
In this post, we present these tools and the several ways they can be applied.

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