Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast · 11 Nov 2018 · 47m
Jen and Alvaro interview Sarah Petkus and Mark Koch, who discuss reverse engineering at the Blue Man Group and their projects like the Shibon suit and Solstice board. Rick Altherr details his work reverse engineering Xilinx FPGA bitstreams and automotive engine control protocols using tools like Hex Fiend. Ruth Grace Wong and Joe Rozner share experiences with firmware debugging and prototype failures, while Piotr Esden and Dominc Spill discuss the Black Magic Probe and HackRF One for wireless reverse engineering.
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