Extracting Firmware from Embedded Devices (SPI NOR Flash)

Learn tricks and techniques like these, with us, in our amazing training courses! One of the first things you have to do when hacking and breaking embedded device security is to obtain the firmware. If you're lucky, you can download it from the manufacturer's website or, if you have a shell, you can just copy it over to your computer. But what if none of these options are available? In this video, we will show you how you can connect directly to a NOR flash chip with the SPI protocol to dump the firmware and find your vulns, even if off the shelf tools don't work! 00:00 Intro 00:40 Technical Introduction 01:55 Flash Memory Types 03:51 NOR Flash 06:25 SPI Protocol 07:55 Our Training 09:27 Logic Analyzer 12:04 How SPI Works 13:53 Firmware Extraction Did you enjoy this video? Then follow us on Twitter, and subscribe to our channel for more awesome hacking videos. ~ Flashback Team