Module 18: IoT and OT Hacking

Module 18: IoT and OT Hacking

Scenario

The significant development of the paradigm of the Internet of Things (IoT) is contributing to the proliferation of devices in daily life. From smart homes to automated healthcare applications, IoT is ubiquitous. However, despite the potential of IoT to make our lives easier and more comfortable, we cannot underestimate its vulnerability to cyber-attacks. IoT devices lack basic security, which makes them prone to various cyber-attacks.

The objective of a hacker in exploiting IoT devices is to gain unauthorized access to users’ devices and data. A hacker can use compromised IoT devices to build an army of botnets, which, in turn, is used to launch DDoS attacks.

Owing to a lack of security policies, smart devices are easy targets for hackers who can compromise these devices to spy on users’ activities, misuse sensitive information (such as patients’ health records, etc.), install ransomware to block access to the devices, monitor victims’ activities using CCTV cameras, commit credit-card-related fraud, gain access to users’ homes, or recruit the devices in an army of botnets to carry out DDoS attacks.

As an ethical hacker and penetration tester, you must have sound knowledge of hacking IoT and OT platforms using various tools and techniques. The labs in this module will provide you with real-time experience in performing footprinting and analyzing traffic between IoT and OT devices.

Objectives

The objective of the lab is to perform IoT and OT platform hacking and other tasks that include, but are not limited to:

  • Performing IoT and OT device footprinting
  • Capturing and analyzing traffic between IoT devices

Overview of IoT and OT Hacking

Using the IoT and OT hacking methodology, an attacker acquires information using techniques such as information gathering, attack surface area identification, and vulnerability scanning, and uses such information to hack the target device and network.

The following are the various phases of IoT and OT device hacking:

  • Information gathering
  • Vulnerability scanning
  • Launch attacks
  • Gain remote access
  • Maintain access

Lab Tasks

Ethical hackers or pen testers use numerous tools and techniques to hack the target IoT and OT platforms. Recommended labs that will assist you in learning various IoT platform hacking techniques include:

  1. Perform footprinting using various footprinting techniques

    • Gather information using online footprinting tools

  2. Capture and analyze IoT device traffic

    • Capture and analyze IoT traffic using Wireshark

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