Podcast | Hackers on The Rocks: How to Hack a Drone Without Touching It – Fault Injection
Hackers on The Rocks | Gabriel Gonzalez, IOActive Director of Hardware Security, was recently featured in a Hackers on The Rocks podcast to discuss his research into drone hacking through fault injection. “Today’s episode dives into hardware hacking at the transistor level, where attackers manipulate the laws of physics instead of software bugs. Gabriel walks us through his research on applying electromagnetic fault injection (EMFI) to DJI drones and using precisely timed electrical pulses to flip bits, bypass protections, and extract secrets from complex embedded…
Video | CBS News – The Takeout with Major Garrett | NBA dealing with fallout from gambling, sports rigging arrests
CBS News – The Takeout with Major Garrett | Ethan Shackelford, IOActive Principal Security Consultant, recently shared IOActive’s research and findings on the ability to hack automatic card shufflers in light of the recent investigations in the NBA of sports rigging and gambling cheating. Ethan joined host Major Garrett on CBS News – The Takeout with Major Garrett to share how it would be possible to exploit the automatic shuffler’s vulnerabilities to know what cards each player has at a table….
Video | WIRED: This Device Lets You Hack A Casino Card Shuffling Machine
WIRED | Check out this video highlighting research from Joseph Tartaro, IOActive Services Director of Security Research, and his ability to hack automatic card shufflers commonly used in casinos. “WIRED’s Andy Greenberg teams up with casino cheating expert Sal Piacente and hacker/researcher Joseph Tartaro to exploit an automatic card shuffler used in casinos everywhere to engineer a big win. This is Hacklab: I Cheated At Poker By Hacking A Casino Card Shuffling Machine.”
Article | The Wall Street Journal | Can You Tell the Difference Between a Human Voice and AI? Take Our Quiz
The Wall Street Journal | IOActive Senior Security Consultant David Falkenstein and The Wall Street Journal recently collaborated to create a quiz that looks to test if “your ears [can] distinguish a human voice from an AI deepfake…” David was able to use AI to clone The Wall Street Journal colleagues sourced from publicly available social media clips and used OpenAudio to help run the experiment. “Can your ears distinguish a human voice from an AI deepfake? Knowing the difference could save you from a phone scam…
Podcast | RunSafe Security | From Research to Resilience: Securing the Future of Autonomous Vehicles
RunSafe Security Podcast | Check out this podcast from RunSafe Security featuring Gabriel Gonzalez, IOActive Director of Hardware Security. Gabriel discusses “how researchers are uncovering critical flaws in telematics systems, ECUs, and supply chain software—revealing how entire fleets could be remotely accessed or controlled. Gabriel shares the story behind a recent MQTT misconfiguration that exposed live vehicle data…” “As the automotive industry accelerates toward autonomy—with cloud-connected fleets, advanced infotainment systems, and software-defined vehicles—cybersecurity risks are becoming more complex and harder to ignore. In this…

