MIPS-X - The Next IoT Frontier

This course presents a Dockerized framework for emulating MIPS-based IoT devices for vulnerability research. It covers CPU architectures, virtualization and emulation, kernel building, cross-compilation, networking, debugging, and full-system emulation.

Syllabus

Introduction
Patrick Ross
Why should you listen
Why are we doing this
Vulnerability research and exploit development
Whats on the internet
CPU Architectures
CPU Architecture Differences
Virtualization Emulation
Building Your Own Kernel
Errors
Cross compilation
Cross compilation options
Login prompt
Single binary full system emulation
MIPS systems
Guides and notes
NVRAM
QMO
Demo
Next steps
Our project