When you look at a Smart Meter, it practically winks at you. Their Optical Port calls to you. It calls to criminals as well. But how do criminals interact with it? We will show you how they look into the eye of the meter. More specifically, this presentation will show how criminals gather information from meters to do their dirty work. From quick memory acquisition techniques to more complex hardware bus sniffing, the techniques outlined in this presentation will show how authentication credentials are acquired. Finally, a method for interacting with a meter's IR port will be introduced to show that vendor specific software is not necessary to poke a meter in the eye.
This IS the talk that was not presented at ShmooCon 2012 in response to requests from a Smart Grid vendor and the concerns of several utilities. We have worked with them. They should be okay with this.....should.....
Jack of All Trades and hardware analysis expert for the InGuardians. Don specializes in physical and information technology penetration testing, web assessments, wireless assessments, architecture review, incident response/digital forensics, product research, hardware research, code review, security tool development, and the list goes on. Don is currently focusing on hardware research specifically in the technologies surrounding products comprising the SMART GRID. He has focused on implementing various communication protocols and microprocessor disassemblers/emulators for research, testing, risk assessment, and anything else you can think of with these technologies.