Firmware reverse engineering
Analyze authorized firmware images, binaries, configuration, and exposed services to investigate security-relevant behavior. Tie each result to the exact image, target hardware, and method used.
What we investigate.
UART, JTAG & SWD examination
Evaluate in-scope debug and service interfaces, access controls, and production lock-down. Distinguish physical discovery, raw output, authenticated access, and validated security impact.
Boot & update trust boundaries
Test agreed hypotheses about firmware authenticity, update authorization, downgrade or rollback handling, and recovery behavior. Record what the target accepts and rejects under the tested conditions.
Device communications & secrets
Validate pairing, authentication, authorization, protocol handling, and protection of device credentials or sensitive data across local interfaces, companion applications, and connected services.
Targeted physical validation
Select physical methods to answer a defined security question. Advanced methods, including fault injection or side-channel analysis, require a separate suitability review of the target, instrumentation, expertise, and recovery conditions.
Reproduction, remediation & retest
Document the affected versions, access requirements, procedure, artifact custody, observations, and impact. Retest agreed fixes and report resolved, persistent, and unverified conditions explicitly.
How we work.
Agree the rules of engagement
Confirm owner authority, target revisions, firmware, permitted access, methods, handling of secrets, and recovery and stop conditions.
Develop the test cases
Translate the threat model into testable hypotheses, with expected observations and a defined security impact for each condition.
Test & preserve evidence
Record the setup, procedure, captures, and target behavior. Preserve artifact identity and custody, including negative and inconclusive outcomes.
Report, remediate & retest
Review the findings with engineering teams, document corrective actions, and verify agreed fixes against the original reproduction conditions.
What you receive.
- Hardware penetration test plan and rules of engagement
- Version-specific findings with reproduction conditions and impact
- Traceable evidence and prioritized remediation guidance
- Retest report with remediation status and remaining exposure
Every test requires owner authorization, defined targets and methods, suitable access and capability, and agreed recovery and stop conditions. Synthetic Lab examples are not completed customer penetration tests.
Start with your question.
Tell us about the system and the decision ahead.