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Last updated: April 29, 2026
IoT pentesting spans more layers than typical web. Methodology to cover all of them.
IoT pentesting spans more layers than typical web. Methodology to cover all of them.
Phases
- Reconnaissance — manuals, FCC IDs, FCC database, related devices
- Hardware — open device, identify chips, find debug ports (UART, JTAG)
- Firmware extraction — flash dump, firmware update interception, OTA capture
- Firmware analysis — Module 9 above
- Wireless — Wi-Fi, BLE, Zigbee, LoRa
- Network — what services exposed, default creds, protocol bugs
- Cloud integration — API surface, identity model
- Mobile companion app — Module 6-15 mobile track
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