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Who This Book is For
“Do you hear that, Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability.” This is a famous phrase from the action movie The Matrix. We refer to this sound as Moore’s law. The constant and inevitable miniaturization of circuits has paved the way for the birth of thousands and thousands of new devices, all equipped with sensors, multiple connections, and operating systems. So, how can a vulnerability researcher cope with so many devices, firmware, and standards?
Owning devices is both expensive and logistically unfeasible – for example, the birth of emulators such as Bleem! In the 90s, emulating the PlayStation on a PC was surely a cheaper option than buying the console, and you could do everything on the same PC.
Nowadays, ...
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