EP#109: Arduino, The Gateway Drug To #BadgeLife

• AND!XOR
  • Check out the previous MEP EP#69 Incognito Mode for the last time the AND!XOR group was on the podcast
• Bitstr3m
  • Did the Android mobile application for the DEFCON 25 badge
• Zapp
  • Does the hardware design.
• HyR0n
  • Embedded software, puzzles, ect
• DEFCON 25 RECAP
  • Last years badge details
    • Hunter S Thompson as Bender,
    • bender on a bender
    • Botnet
    • Changing voltage regulators mid manufacturing run
    • QFN design on PCB
    • Iterative prototyping
  • HotFix to patch BLE exploit
  • Hacking IoT Vodka
  • Badge Sales
• DEFCON 26 new Badge details
  • Hardware or Software secrets? 
    • Double down on botnet
  • Lessons learned to apply to the new badge? 
    • WS2812Bs do not reflow well
    • QFN design on PCB is critical
    • Implement OTA updates
    • Iterative prototyping
    • I2C
• Looking forward to this year?
  • Not flashing badges three times
  • Going to hacker jeopardy
  • Want to see more people hacking badges

Tags: electronics podcast, MacroFab, macrofab engineering podcast, MEP, Podcast