Hacking home security systems for fun and profit

Abstract

A introductory overview of hardware hacking methods using the SimpliSafe DIY home security system, focusing on Radio Frequency (RF) hacking, and based on results of a spring 2021 EC521 class project. Topics include attack surfaces, PIC microcontroller dumping, Man-in-the-middle network attacks, sensor physics and RF Spoofing and jamming.

References

• J Locke, H. Li, G. Ramos, A. Rodriguez, SimpliSafe Home Security System:

How Safe Is It Really?, EC521 team project writeup: pdf.

• RF Emissions - https://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/rfdevice
• MITM - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330249434_Man-in-the-middle-attack_Understanding_in_simple_words
• SPI communications - https://www.corelis.com/education/tutorials/spi-tutorial/
• HackRF- https://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/
• Universal Radio Hacker - https://github.com/jopohl/urh
• Hardware Hacking - Sammy Kamkar - https://youtu.be/tlwXmNnXeSY
• Car remote Hacking - Steve Mould - https://youtu.be/5CsD8I396wo