It is expected that by 2030, there will be approximately 29.4 billion active IoT devices around the world. Internet of Things (IoT) devices are relatively small and have limited hardware resources. Due to these limitations, IoT devices are extremely vulnerable to a variety of cyber attacks. These attacks put user’s personal information at risk, contributing to the increase in cyber crime.
Investigate and identify vulnerabilities in the physical components of IoT devices, using the Attify Hardware Penetration Testing Techniques kit and lab guides.
In 2021, there were more than 1 billion IoT attacks worldwide. These attacks took advantage of the vulnerabilities in hardware components of these devices. This is mainly because the components used in IoT devices rarely have the ability to defend themselves against malware. This problem is made worse when we consider the exponential growth in adoption of IoT devices and the over-reliance people have come to accept these past couple of years.