Signal Safari: Investigating RF Controls with RTL-SDR – SANS Pen Test HackFest 2017
SANS Summit & Training event schedule: http://www.sans.org/u/DuS
Speaker: Katie Knowles, Security Consultant, MWR Infosecurity
Cranes, trains, theme park rides, sirens, and …ceiling fans? Modern RF protocols have made secure wireless communications easier to implement, but there’s still a horde of simpler RF control systems in the wireless world around us. Lucky for us, the onset of affordable Software Defined Radios (SDRs) means that exploring these devices is easier than ever! In this talk, Katie examines capturing and understanding basic RF control signals from a common household controller with the affordable RTL-SDR so you can start your own investigations. With a little knowledge of these protocols we can better explain what makes them risky to the environments we assess, practice thinking in the offensive mindset, and have some fun examining the signals around us.