{"id":6298,"date":"2022-09-18T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T19:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/areciv.com\/blog\/?p=6298"},"modified":"2023-09-24T15:03:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T20:03:57","slug":"hardwear-io-usa-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/areciv.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/hardwear-io-usa-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardwear.io USA 2022 Conference Review & CTF Prize!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I was looking for a smaller, hardware-focused security conference to attend this year for some networking and learning opportunities and when I found out about https:\/\/hardwear.io\/<\/a> it sounded absolutely perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the typical talks and presentations, they mentioned several networking opportunities during the conference, along with a unique pre-conference online networking matchup to already have some connections when you arrive! I took advantage of this and ended up in contact with someone I have now run into at numerous other conferences and events. The lunches and coffee breaks were also filled with excellent conversation! The schedule<\/a> left plenty of time for that among the talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The talks were all excellent, from the keynotes down to all of the individual speakers. The highlight was a talk from Sick Codes on his John Deere hacking adventures which was followed with a DEF CON talk<\/a> later that year with a farm modded version of Doom running on the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can't pass up a good hardware hacking challenge and the CTF was absolutely excellent. It covered a wide range of topics in an engaging way including: microsoldering, automotive, signal captures, reverse engineering unpopulated PCBs, door access controls, NFC lockpicking, and more. I was in first a couple of times near the end of the first day, but a huge morning push by a couple of the teams got them past me. I ended up taking 3rd place by myself as a hobbyist against two teams of professionals<\/strong> and in addition to the planned 3rd place items I was given a special prize for highest solo score of a PicoEMP<\/a> which I am definitely looking forward to experimenting with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, it was an excellent conference with some of the friendliest, most engaged people, and one I would highly recommend to anyone interested in the deep details of hardware hacking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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