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Advanced Penetration Testing: Hacking IoT 3
As billions of devices go online, IoT systems have become a top target for attackers — and an enduring headache for defenders. Hacking IoT 3 picks up where previous editions left off and advances a new, realistic playbook for modern IoT security. Richard Knowell distills years of lab research, red-team engagements, and product security reviews into a pragmatic, no-nonsense manual for hackers and protectors alike.
Inside you’ll
A practical adversary model for learn attacker goals, capabilities, and the most effective exploitation paths from hardware to cloud.
Hardware hacking UART, JTAG, SPI, side-channel basics, debug bypasses, and fast triage techniques for burned-in devices.
Firmware and boot chain analysis, patching, downgrade and roll-back exploits, secure boot bypasses, and safe patching practices.
Network & protocol attacking BLE, Zigbee, Thread, LoRaWAN and weak MQTT/CoAP deployments — plus detection strategies for defenders.
Supply-chain and OTA compromised builds, malicious libraries, update orchestration risks, and hardening strategies for CI/CD pipelines.
AI & edge model poisoning, inference-time attacks, privacy leaks from on-device models, and mitigation patterns.
Blueprints for secure product threat modeling templates, security gates for product milestones, and incident-response playbooks.
Every technique includes reproducible labs and clearly marked “do-not-run” warnings where appropriate. The book emphasizes ethical testing, responsible disclosure, and how to transform vulnerabilities into practical, long-term security improvements for products and fleets.
Whether you’re a penetration tester looking to level up, a firmware engineer responsible for device security, or a CISO overseeing an IoT estate, Hacking IoT 3 arms you with the methods, checklists, and judgement to defend — and responsibly test — the connected world.
Inside you’ll
A practical adversary model for learn attacker goals, capabilities, and the most effective exploitation paths from hardware to cloud.
Hardware hacking UART, JTAG, SPI, side-channel basics, debug bypasses, and fast triage techniques for burned-in devices.
Firmware and boot chain analysis, patching, downgrade and roll-back exploits, secure boot bypasses, and safe patching practices.
Network & protocol attacking BLE, Zigbee, Thread, LoRaWAN and weak MQTT/CoAP deployments — plus detection strategies for defenders.
Supply-chain and OTA compromised builds, malicious libraries, update orchestration risks, and hardening strategies for CI/CD pipelines.
AI & edge model poisoning, inference-time attacks, privacy leaks from on-device models, and mitigation patterns.
Blueprints for secure product threat modeling templates, security gates for product milestones, and incident-response playbooks.
Every technique includes reproducible labs and clearly marked “do-not-run” warnings where appropriate. The book emphasizes ethical testing, responsible disclosure, and how to transform vulnerabilities into practical, long-term security improvements for products and fleets.
Whether you’re a penetration tester looking to level up, a firmware engineer responsible for device security, or a CISO overseeing an IoT estate, Hacking IoT 3 arms you with the methods, checklists, and judgement to defend — and responsibly test — the connected world.
504 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 22, 2025
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