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Learn to build a comprehensive cross-architecture embedded hacking toolkit in this 39-minute conference talk from BruCON 0x11. Discover how to overcome the challenges of working with embedded devices that have unusual architectures, limited tools, and static linking constraints using the Sthenos Embedded Toolkit. Master the complete build system that generates static debugging and exploitation tools for over 35 different architectures directly from source code. Explore practical demonstrations of building and deploying essential security tools including strace, gdbserver, socat, and tcpdump across diverse platforms from MIPS routers to ARM IoT devices. Dive into real-world scenarios covering debugging stripped binaries on exotic architectures without native toolchains, building custom LD_PRELOAD libraries for runtime manipulation and fuzzing, bypassing TLS verification and redirecting sockets for network analysis, and creating persistence mechanisms with static shells that function universally. Gain hands-on knowledge to extend the toolkit for your specific embedded targets and walk away with a ready-to-deploy arsenal for embedded security testing and exploitation.
