Name: How and Why Do the Bad Guys Attack Embedded Products? - Marta Rybczynska, Ygreky
Start: 2025-08-27T15:05:00+0200
End: 2025-08-27T15:45:00+0200

25-27, August 2025
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST

D201

Unlike traditional IT systems, embedded devices are often physically accessible to attackers. This key difference shapes both the threats and the methods used to exploit them.

In this talk, Marta will explore the attacker's mindset and approach: what they see, how they think, and where they strike - using real-world examples from recent years. She will walk through physical interfaces, software stacks, and the often-overlooked organizational and social "features" that open the door to compromise.

Participants will learn how to map the attack surface of their own products and build a so-called "threat model" of their.

To wrap up, Marta will share practical recommendations to avoid the most common pitfalls - and reflect on what has (and hasn’t) changed since Jake Edge’s observations at ELC 2009.

Speakers

Marta Rybczynska

Technical Program Manager, Security Team, Eclipse Foundation/Ygreky

Marta Rybczynska has a network security background, with 20 years of experience in Open Source. She has worked with embedded operating systems like Linux and various real-time OSes, and with system libraries and frameworks up to user interfaces. She has been involved in various Open... Read More →

Wednesday August 27, 2025 15:05 - 15:45 CEST
D201

Embedded Linux Conference

Audience Experience Level Intermediate

Open Source Summit Europe 2025

Marta Rybczynska

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