IoT Pentesting Basics Online Course

IoT Pentesting Basics Online Course

This course introduces IoT and its security challenges, covering key targets and protective measures. You’ll gain hands-on experience with hardware tools like multimeters, USB-TTL adapters, and JTAGulators, as well as software such as Binwalk and QEMU. Topics include firmware acquisition and analysis, emulation, exploiting embedded systems, and testing IoT applications. By the end, you’ll be equipped to identify vulnerabilities, automate hardware analysis, and perform effective IoT pentests.

Who should take this Course?

The IoT Pentesting Basics Online Course is ideal for cybersecurity professionals, ethical hackers, and network administrators who want to understand the fundamentals of securing Internet of Things (IoT) devices. It is also suitable for students, penetration testing beginners, and tech enthusiasts interested in learning how to identify vulnerabilities, perform security assessments, and strengthen IoT ecosystems against potential threats.

What you will learn

• Identify and assess IoT security vulnerabilities
• Utilize multimeters and TTL to USB converters effectively
• Analyze, extract, and emulate firmware
• Enumerate operating systems and network services
• Gain device access through UART connections
• Automate hardware pin identification processes

Course Outline

IoT Basics

• Course Overview
• IoT Targets
• IoT Security
• Hardware Components

Tools

• Multimeter
• TTL to USB
• Bus Pirate
• JTAGUlator
• Attify Badge
• Arduino
• SOIC Clip
• Terminal Emulators
• Binwalk
• QEMU
• Firmware Analysis Toolkit
• Firmware Mod Kit
• Flashrom

Target Analysis

• OS and Network Service Enumeration
• Hardware Enumeration

Exploiting Vulnerabilities

• Exploiting Embedded OS
• Exploiting Network Services
• Exploiting IoT Web Apps

Firmware Hacking

• Acquiring Firmware
• Extracting Firmware Filesystems
• Analyzing Firmware
• Firmware Emulation
• Firmware Backdoor

Hardware Hacking

• Manually Identifying UART Pins
• Automate UART Pin Identification
• Device Access Through UART