Depthcharge v0.2.0 is now available on GitHub and PyPi. This release introduces new “configuration checker” functionality and includes some major updates intended to improve usability. A tl;dr summary can be found in the CHANGELOG file. This blog post dives a bit more into the motivations for the changes, envisioned use-cases, and how this update fits … Continue reading Helping Engineering Teams Tackle Security Debt in Embedded Systems: U-Boot Configuration Auditing Introduced in Depthcharge v0.2.0
Author: Jon Szymaniak
Tool Release: Sinking U-Boots with Depthcharge
Depthcharge is an extensible Python 3 toolkit designed to aid security researchers when analyzing a customized, product-specific build of the U-Boot bootloader. This blog post details the motivations for Depthcharge’s creation, highlights some key features, and exemplifies its use in a “tethered jailbreak” of a smart speaker that leverages secure boot functionality. The first three … Continue reading Tool Release: Sinking U-Boots with Depthcharge