Conference recordings from Hardwear.iо USA 2026 are now online!

Conference recordings from Hardwear.iо USA 2026 are now online!

We've highlighted a few talks worth checking out:

• Out-of-Box Exploitation: Breaking the Trust Chain of the Ethereum Phone. The presenters demonstrate a full compromise of the Ethereum Phone, from BootROM to the application layer, including code execution, wallet key extraction, and asset theft even before the device is activated.

• Your MediaTek WiFi Chip's Secrets: Bypassing Firmware Encryption. This research explores how to bypass security mechanisms protecting MediaTek Wi‑Fi chip firmware. The authors show code execution on the Wi‑Fi controller, ROM and RAM dumps, and methods to bypass firmware encryption and integrity checks.

• Breaking the Root of Trust: Practical Side-Channel Key Extraction from a TPM. The talk presents a practical side‑channel attack that extracts a private ECDH key from a commercial TPM using inexpensive hardware.

• "BREAKMEIFYOUCAN!": Exploiting Keyspace Reduction and Relay Attacks in 3DES and AES-protected NFC Technologies. The presenters demonstrate relay attacks and new ways to bypass security in MIFARE and NTAG, significantly reducing the key search space and recovering cryptographic keys.

• Hacking 5G: From Radio Security to the APIs. This talk covers a hands‑on analysis of 5G network security, from testing radio‑interface protection to attacks on core network APIs, OpenRAN, and CAMARA.

• Mobilized Immobilizer - Bypassing Motorcycle Security. The speaker dissects the electronic architecture of a modern motorcycle and shows how to bypass authentication and physical safeguards to start the engine without a key.

• Security Analysis of Bluetooth Channel Sounding: Protocol and Implementations. The research analyzes the new Bluetooth Channel Sounding mechanism, including distance‑spoofing attacks between devices and resilience assessment of popular implementations.