ARM eXploitation 101

Instructors - Sneha Rajguru and Prajwal Panchmahalkar

Pre-Requisites - The participants are not expected to have any prior knowledge about ARM architectures whereas familiarity with C and Linux Command line will be useful.

Abstract - ARM architecture based systems are on the rise and seen in almost every hand-held or embedded device. The increasing popularity and growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) have allowed widespread use of ARM architecture. As with any other thing in this world, increasing popularity and usage brings new security challenges and attacks. This workshop aims to provide an introduction to ARM architecture, assembly and explore intermediate level exploitation techniques on ARM along with hands-on examples and challenges.

This session is aimed at security professionals and personnel who possess general security knowledge and wish to enter the field of ARM exploitation.

The attendees will walk away with basic knowledge and skills of ARM Architecture, Assembly, and Exploitation techniques.

The workshop will provide a base for the attendees to develop exploit research expertise on the ARM based platforms

Topics Covered
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Introduction to ARM CPU
Architecture
Registers
Modes of Operations
ARM Assembly Language
Instruction Set

Introduction to ARM functions and working
Debugging on ARM
Stack Overflow on ARM
How to write a shellcode
How to reverse a shellcode

Required Materials - Hardware Requirements
Minimum 4GB RAM and more than 20 GB Free Hard Disk Space
Software Requirements
Windows 7/8
*Nix
Mac OS X 10.5
Administrative privileges on your machines
Virtualbox or VMPlayer
SSH Client