Episode 153: Hacking the Robots of the Future: Hardware, AI, and Bug Bounties with Matt Brown

Dec 18, 2025
1h 16m

Episode Description

Episode 153: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Matt Brown returns to talk with us about hacking robots, IOT hackbots, and his Zero-to-Hero Hardware Hacking Guide.

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Today’s Guest: Matt Brown

====== Resources ======

KeeYees USB Logic Analyzer Device

Saleae logic analyzer

XGecu

Hardware Hacking Tutorial by Make Me Hack

UART and SPI firmware extraction

UART Root Shell on Linux Router

UART Shell Jail and Unlocked Bootloader

Chinese IP Camera Firmware Extraction

Chip-Off Firmware Extraction

====== Timestamps ======

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:01:22) Incremental Session Token Story and Matt Brown Intro

(00:10:42) Hardware Bug Bounty Scene & AI on Devices

(00:24:30) Hacking Human Robot

(00:41:33) Zero-to-Hero Hardware Hacking Guide

(01:01:47) IOT Hackbot

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