As we have suggested on the podcast previously, it is a good idea to get involved with your local computer/security user groups. We have a few in the local Rhode Island area, one of them being SNENUG (Southern New England Network Users Group). I will be presenting the following:
Title: “Embedded Device Hacking With The Linksys WRT54G”
Where: Katherine Gibbs School, Cranston, RI
When: March 21, 2006 7:00PM-9:00PM
This is the first time that content from our book, Ultimate WRT54G Hacking, will be released to the general public in a formal fashion. I will cover some of the details on the WRT54G platform, firmware installation, and a few select projects. Of course, I will have demonstrations as well. For those who may not yet have a Hack Naked T-Shirt, I will bring some of those as well, along with Hack Naked Stickers.
If you are in the area, swing by, I even think there will be free food!
WRT54G Presentation for SNENUG
Paul Asadoorian
Paul Asadoorian is currently the Principal Security Evangelist for Eclypsium, focused on firmware and supply chain security awareness. Paul’s passion for firmware security extends back many years to the WRT54G hacking days and reverse engineering firmware on IoT devices for fun. Paul and his long-time podcast co-host Larry Pesce co-authored the book “WRTG54G Ultimate Hacking” in 2007, which fueled the firmware hacking fire even more. Paul has worked in technology and information security for over 20 years, holding various security and engineering roles in a lottery company, university, ISP, independent penetration tester, and security product companies such as Tenable. In 2005 Paul founded Security Weekly, a weekly podcast dedicated to hacking and information security. In 2020 Security Weekly was acquired by the Cyberrisk Alliance. Paul is still the host of one of the longest-running security podcasts, Paul’s Security Weekly, he enjoys coding in Python & telling everyone he uses Linux.
