Breaking electronic locks looks so fun in the movies – get your "tech wizard" member of the team to plug some gadget into the control panel on the locked door, the gadget scrolls through all the combinations, and then the door opens. The hardest part is figuring out what cool catch-phrase you'll use when the door opens.
Why can't real life be like this? This talk will look at a few consumer grade electronic locks, and aims to break them like you'd see in the movies (roughly). Along the way it features a detailed tear-down of the electronics on these locks & discuss vulnerabilities a hardware hacker can exploit to bypass them.
Colin O'Flynn has developed the world's first open-source platform for side- channel power analysis and glitching attacks, and has spoken around the world about the application of this platform to various targets. Previously he worked developing low-power wireless embedded systems, and continues to write about embedded systems for Circuit Cellar magazine. He lives in Halifax, NS, Canada.