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January 23, 2024, Episode #414
This week Parker and Stephen welcome Joe Grand to the show to discuss insecure IoT devices. Inspired by a recent incident where Bosch wrenches were infected by ransomware called DRILLCRYPT, the guys asked Joe to join them to talk about how attackers could compromise the safety of the wrench and cause safety issues for users. Of course, this kind of breach could impact almost any company and its products, and so many topics were covered, including:
- “Actually, it’s Dr. Grand…”
- If you’re in attack mode, firmware updates are great
- Supply chain issues are hard enough to manage without these security breaches
- A lack of security can be a business decision
- Give me convenience or give me threats
- The hardware industry isn’t as well-versed as the software industry is
- How to update 10,000 devices in the field
- Hacking is problem-solving (someone tell the FBI)
- “If you’re not being sued, you’re not working hard enough’
- Sourcing parts and the risk of getting counterfeit parts
- Why a firmware update shouldn’t disable your car
- Resisting Big Toilet
- Subscription models for…everything…
- The importance of Design For Security measures
- Is getting hacked more of a marketing problem than an engineering issue?
- Engineering ethics and hacking and design
Relevant Links:
- Enhancing Operational Safety: Cyber-Resilient Approaches for Physically Secure PCB Designs
WEBINAR - January 30 - Bright Minds, Brighter Future Day of Innovation and Networking Event - February 1
- Meet Joe Grand
- DRILLCRYPT vs. Bosch
- Vulnerabilities on Bosch Rexroth Nutrunners May Be Abused to Stop Production Lines, Tamper with Safety-Critical Tightenings
- Circuit Break Podcast #73: Joe Grand: The Origin Story
- Circuit Break Podcast #185: What You Are Designed To Do - A Joe Grand Manufacturing Adventure
About Our Guest:
Joe Grand, also known as Kingpin, is a computer engineer, hardware hacker, teacher, advisor, daddy, honorary doctor, and occasional video maker. He has been creating, exploring, and manipulating electronic systems since the 1980s. This is his third appearance on our show and first since 2019!
About the Hosts
Parker Dillmann
Parker is an Electrical Engineer with backgrounds in Embedded System Design and Digital Signal Processing. He got his start in 2005 by hacking Nintendo consoles into portable gaming units. The following year he designed and produced an Atari 2600 video mod to allow the Atari to display a crisp, RF fuzz free picture on newer TVs. Over a thousand Atari video mods where produced by Parker from 2006 to 2011 and the mod is still made by other enthusiasts in the Atari community.
In 2006, Parker enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin as a Petroleum Engineer. After realizing electronics was his passion he switched majors in 2007 to Electrical and Computer Engineering. Following his previous background in making the Atari 2600 video mod, Parker decided to take more board layout classes and circuit design classes. Other areas of study include robotics, microcontroller theory and design, FPGA development with VHDL and Verilog, and image and signal processing with DSPs. In 2010, Parker won a Ti sponsored Launchpad programming and design contest that was held by the IEEE CS chapter at the University. Parker graduated with a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Spring of 2012.
In the Summer of 2012, Parker was hired on as an Electrical Engineer at Dynamic Perception to design and prototype new electronic products. Here, Parker learned about full product development cycles and honed his board layout skills. Seeing the difficulties in managing operations and FCC/CE compliance testing, Parker thought there had to be a better way for small electronic companies to get their product out in customer's hands.
Parker also runs the blog, longhornengineer.com, where he posts his personal projects, technical guides, and appnotes about board layout design and components.
Stephen Kraig
Stephen Kraig is a component engineer working in the aerospace industry. He has applied his electrical engineering knowledge in a variety of contexts previously, including oil and gas, contract manufacturing, audio electronic repair, and synthesizer design. A graduate of Texas A&M, Stephen has lived his adult life in the Houston, TX, and Denver, CO, areas.
Stephen has never said no to a project. From building guitar amps (starting when he was 17) to designing and building his own CNC table to fine-tuning the mineral composition of the water he uses to brew beer, he thrives on testing, experimentation, and problem-solving. Tune into the podcast to learn more about the wacky stuff Stephen gets up to.
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