Research & Write-ups

Vulnerability research, project write-ups and the stories behind them

Finding and fixing a stack-exhaustion vulnerability in a secure element’s host SDK featured image

Finding and fixing a stack-exhaustion vulnerability in a secure element’s host SDK

How a 4-byte certificate can exhaust the stack of a host talking to a TROPIC01 secure element: found, proven, and fixed upstream through coordinated disclosure.

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Lucas Tucker
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The FCC router ban: a case for testing what's already in your home featured image

The FCC router ban: a case for testing what's already in your home

The FCC's ban on foreign-made routers raised a broader question: how secure are the legacy devices already in our homes? I decided to find out firsthand.

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Lucas Tucker
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