The people over at Pwnie Express are coming out with a neat device called the Power Pwn. This device follows up on the Pwn Plug and the PwnPhone. With my experience as a penetration tester and junior hardware hacker I’ve been working on my own “pwn” hardware.
I combined the PCEngines Alix 6f2, an APC BE650R Battery Backup Power Strip, and a battery Power Pack for a Custom Power Pwn. I integrated the Alix connectors for the serial, ethernet, and external antenna connectors with the existing APC coax, rj45, and rj50 ports.
This talk is a show and tell on what I did and how anyone who is a fan of hardware hacking can do this themselves.
James Edge is an information security professional with ten years of information technology and security experience. James became an independent contractor in 2010 to bring his six years of State government experience as a security auditor and penetration tester to the private sector. James played a primary role in the successful information security assessments and penetration tests of the agencies and universities that manage the education, finances, human resources, transportation, and information technology for the states of Georgia and New York. Outside of work, James is actively involved in the Atlanta chapter of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). James has been a guest speaker for the ISACA Atlanta and Hudson Valley chapters, the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers, and Treasurers (NASACT), and the State University of New York (SUNY). The range of presented topics include: password security, account management, and wireless security. He also has been a guest lecturer for the Kennesaw State University Computer Science and Information Systems (CSIS) department and assisted in the Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition on behalf of the University.