The Bulb That Knew Too Much: A Journey into IoT Security
summary
A reverse‑engineering case study of a consumer smart light bulb that explores how simple LED control code becomes a heavily protected IoT product. The talk covers current regulatory requirements (RED, CRA), embedded architectures, silicon‑level secrets, and a step‑by‑step retro‑engineering methodology to show how security is implemented in connected devices.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Connected bulb intro
- 7:03RA directive IoT security
- 13:56IoT security complexity
- 23:02Firmware encryption
- 33:28Cloud sync role
- 39:24Code complexity summary
- 40:07Q&A Zigbee protocols
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