OIX · Guided program · Rolling enrollment
Offensive IoT Exploitation
A structured, hands-on program for serious practitioners who want to break real IoT systems across hardware, firmware, wireless, protocol and cloud-connected layers.
01 — The problem
IoT exploitation is not one skill.
A real device assessment may require hardware access, firmware extraction, binary reversing, protocol reasoning, wireless experimentation, and understanding how backend systems interpret device behavior. The bugs that matter most do not live cleanly inside one layer. They appear where one layer changes the assumptions of another.
You can dump flash. You can sniff BLE. You can probe UART. The real work is understanding how a foothold at one layer creates leverage at another, and how those pieces combine into a coherent attack path. That is why surface-level tooling is not enough.
02 — What this training teaches
Five moves, from model to evidence.
- 01
Model the IoT system before you touch the tools.
Decompose the target into layers, concepts, interactions, flows and entry points across hardware, firmware, radio, protocol, application and cloud-connected surfaces.
- 02
Define what must hold at each trust boundary.
Update trust, pairing integrity, message authorization, identity binding, command validation and state consistency, expressed precisely enough to test.
- 03
Generate attack hypotheses from the structure.
Find where assumptions break: between bootloader and firmware, BLE and application logic, protocol messages and backend state, device identity and cloud trust.
- 04
Test those hypotheses through controlled experiments.
Compare baseline behavior and attack variants across hardware, firmware, wireless and protocol paths to see whether the system enforces what it claims.
- 05
Turn observations into evidence-backed findings.
Tie every result to a tested claim, a concrete path and an observed failure, so conclusions are explainable, reproducible and defensible.
03 — Curriculum
Five blocks, from component-level understanding to cross-layer attack paths.
- M1
Foundations and attack-surface mapping
Break down connected products as layered systems, set up the lab, and identify the trust boundaries that matter before testing begins.
- M2
Firmware and embedded software analysis
Extraction, unpacking, emulation, reversing and binary analysis in a way that supports exploitation rather than passive inspection.
- M3
Hardware interfaces and physical access paths
UART, SPI, I2C, JTAG, flash access and device-side access patterns in the context of real offensive workflows.
- M4
Wireless and protocol attack surfaces
BLE, Zigbee, SDR, MQTT, CoAP and related paths as parts of system behavior rather than isolated protocol exercises.
- M5
Cross-layer exploitation and evidence-backed findings
Combine low-level observations into real attack paths, test what must hold at trust boundaries, and turn results into defensible findings.
04 — Who it's for
Guided depth for practitioners, not a lightweight overview.
Penetration testers moving into embedded and connected-device security
Many students come from web, mobile or infrastructure backgrounds. You need Linux and debugging comfort, not prior IoT experience.
Product security teams, researchers and embedded engineers
Assessing smart devices, device-cloud ecosystems and cyber-physical systems, and wanting full attack-path reasoning rather than isolated reversing.
Not for
Complete beginners with no Linux comfort, people looking for a lightweight overview, or hardware theatrics without system-level exploitation reasoning.
05 — What's included
A guided program, not a content library.
Immediate access on enrollment
Recorded lessons in a structured progression
Hands-on labs, exercises and materials
Live office hours
Optional feedback on selected work
Reference resources and templates
Community access
Certificate of completion
No shipped kit needed to begin
Supported hardware list for local sourcing
Lab simulations and software-backed exercises
Learning Kit bundles available
06 — For teams
Private delivery, customised to your devices.
Private team delivery
A 3-day or 5-day remote or on-site intensive, customised around your device category, architecture and trust model, and the hardware, firmware, wireless and protocol layers most relevant to your products.
Why Attify's approach is different
Many IoT courses teach individual techniques. This training teaches how to reason across the system those techniques touch: firmware, hardware interfaces, radio behavior, messaging paths and backend assumptions.
07 — FAQ
Before you enroll.
Is this self-paced or live?
A structured guided program: recorded lessons, hands-on labs and live office hours. You move through the material at your own pace.
Do I need hardware?
Not to begin. The program includes simulations and software-backed exercises, plus a supported hardware list for local sourcing where physical work is useful.
Do I need prior IoT experience?
No. You should be comfortable with Linux and ready for hands-on debugging. Many students come from web, mobile or infrastructure pentesting.
How long do I have access?
12 months from the date of purchase, for everything: lessons, labs, the community and office hours. Updates we release during that year are included. Renewing extends all of it for another 12 months.
Is there a certification?
You receive a certificate of completion. For a formal credential, the ACIP exam covers the same domains and can be bundled with this program.
08 — Pricing
Enroll on its own, bundle it with the ACIP exam, or get it inside All-Access.
Recorded lessons, labs, office hours, certificate. 12 months full access. Labs, community, office hours, in-year updates renew.
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