# 020 - Hardwear.io CTF Interviews

- Show: [Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast)
- Published: 2019-06-16
- Length: 29m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-06-16-020-hardwear-io-ctf-interviews
- Listen: https://unnamedre.com/episode/20

## Summary

Alvaro interviews Graziano and Antonius from the OpenToAll CTF team, Philippe Teuwen (Dogox) from Quarkslab, and Team Pineapple about the Hardwear.io CTF. The contestants discuss specific challenges including micro-soldering BGA chips, RFID/NFC brute-forcing, 3D-printed lock picking, and passive Tempest-style attacks on HDMI cables. Philippe Teuwen explains how Quarkslab designs these hardware-oriented challenges to demonstrate their reverse engineering capabilities to clients.

## Chapters

- [0:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-06-16-020-hardwear-io-ctf-interviews#t=29) Introduction: OpenToAll CTF Team
- [1:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-06-16-020-hardwear-io-ctf-interviews#t=86) CTF Challenges: Soldering, RFID, and Tempest
- [6:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-06-16-020-hardwear-io-ctf-interviews#t=396) OpenToAll Team Background and Community
- [8:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-06-16-020-hardwear-io-ctf-interviews#t=511) Interview with Philippe Teuwen (Dogox)
- [9:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-06-16-020-hardwear-io-ctf-interviews#t=544) Quarkslab's Hardware CTF Design Philosophy
- [19:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-06-16-020-hardwear-io-ctf-interviews#t=1143) Interview with Team Pineapple
- [20:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-06-16-020-hardwear-io-ctf-interviews#t=1222) Team Pineapple's BGA Reballing Failure
- [27:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2019-06-16-020-hardwear-io-ctf-interviews#t=1621) Conclusion and Future Hardware CTFs

## Topics

- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Wireless & RF](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/wireless-and-rf)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Hardwear.io (other)
- OpenToAll CTF (other)
- Quarkslab (company)
- Team Pineapple (other)
- Teensy (tool)
- Arduino (tool)
- AVRdude (tool)
- USB ASP (tool)

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