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DESCRIPTION:   'Title: Hacking the EOD Bot: How I Learned to Stop Worrying 
 and Love\n   the Boomba\n   Tags: DEF CON Official Talk | Demo 💻 | Expl
 oit 🪲\n   When: Friday\, Aug 7\, 16:00 - 16:59 PDT\n   Where: LVCCW Lev
 el 1 Hall 3 903 (Main Track 5) and DCTV-5 - [1]Map\n\n   Description:\n\n 
   What happens when you wander into a surplus store and walk out with a\n 
   bomb disposal robot? You name him “Boomba” and tear him apart.\n   B
 uilt by Roomba creator iRobot\, the PackBot is often used by agencies\n   
 who need to deploy a small\, ruggedized robot in potentially dangerous\n  
  locations. But beneath its rugged shell lies a fascinating time\n   capsu
 le of early 2000s engineering. As the platform's physical\n   capabilities
  evolved to meet extreme operational demands\, its core\n   software trail
 ed behind\, relying on legacy hardware and an\n   architecture built befor
 e modern security controls. This talk is a\n   full-stack teardown of a si
 x-figure tactical asset. We'll explore its\n   25-year evolution: mapping 
 undocumented interfaces\, fabricating custom\n   cables\, and replacing le
 gacy 4.9 GHz restricted-band radios with\n   custom hardware. We will dive
  into the software to expose unencrypted\n   VPN connections and entirely 
 plaintext Python 2.5 control protocols.\n   We will also demonstrate vulne
 rabilities that grant full root access.\n   Finally\, we’ll decompile it
 s modern tablet control app\, breaking\n   down the JAUS protocol to revea
 l a critical command injection\n   vulnerability. With a live PackBot on s
 tage\, we’ll intercept\n   telemetry\, pop the LFI\, and eavesdrop on ne
 twork traffic. Watch Boomba\n   get turned back into a vacuum\, and catch 
 him later at the Car Hacking\n\n   Speakers:Patrick "gigstorm" Kiley\,Emil
 y "@astradotpng" Astranova\n\n   SpeakerBio:  Patrick "gigstorm" Kiley\, G
 oogle\n\n   Patrick Kiley is a Security Consultant doing embedded security
  testing\n   and has over 20 years of information security experience. Pat
 rick has\n   performed research in avionics security\, vehicles\, and even
  managed to\n   brick his Tesla making it go faster. Patrick has a patent 
 pending on a\n   embedded security access tool and loves tearing things ap
 art while\n   figuring out how they work.\n\n   SpeakerBio:  Emily "@astra
 dotpng" Astranova\, Google\n\n   Emily is a security consultant doing phys
 ical security testing\, covert\n   entry and penetration testing of all th
 e things. Emily has\n   intentionally compromised US power grid systems\, 
 unintentionally\n   compromised data centers and has somehow managed to ke
 ep her record to\n   only one run-in with the FBI. In her spare time\, Emi
 ly volunteers as a\n   software and cybersecurity mentor for high school s
 tudents as a part\n   of FIRST Robotics.\n\n   '\n\n   1. #LVCCW_Level1_Ha
 ll3\n\n\n
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LOCATION:DEF CON Talks - LVCCW Level 1 Hall 3 903 (Main Track 5) and DCTV-5
SUMMARY:Hacking the EOD Bot: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bo
 omba
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