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Matt Brown, a Hardware Security Researcher and Bug Bounty Hunter, is starting a series of posts on the Hikvision cameras. Disassembly, UART, firmware extraction, security vulnerabilities, etc. All the things he does for IoT devices.
Matt’s Hikvision video
These should be very enlightening.
Mar 19, 2025
#hacking #iot #cybersecurity
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Router/Firewall/Ad-Blocker/VPN: pfSense
BI: Prime Z390-A, i9-9900K, 250GB EVO Plus, 16GB, Win11 Pro, 2x12GB Purple
Cameras: IPC-T5442TM-AS-LED-S2, IPC-T5442T-ZE, IPC-T5842T-ZE, DS-2CD2385FWD-I, DS-2CD2332-I; more yet to be added
Chip-Off Firmware Extraction - Hikvision Security Camera
Episode 2
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Router/Firewall/Ad-Blocker/VPN: pfSense
BI: Prime Z390-A, i9-9900K, 250GB EVO Plus, 16GB, Win11 Pro, 2x12GB Purple
Cameras: IPC-T5442TM-AS-LED-S2, IPC-T5442T-ZE, IPC-T5842T-ZE, DS-2CD2385FWD-I, DS-2CD2332-I; more yet to be added
Firmware Modification via BGA Reballing: Success & Failure - Hikvision Security Camera
Episode 3
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Router/Firewall/Ad-Blocker/VPN: pfSense
BI: Prime Z390-A, i9-9900K, 250GB EVO Plus, 16GB, Win11 Pro, 2x12GB Purple
Cameras: IPC-T5442TM-AS-LED-S2, IPC-T5442T-ZE, IPC-T5842T-ZE, DS-2CD2385FWD-I, DS-2CD2332-I; more yet to be added