CHAPTER 2
Appliance Hacking: Converting Existing Technology
There are three classical forms of hacking: software, hardware, and wetware (also known as social engineering). More recently, firmware hacking has become prominent because low-cost hardware utilizing embedded Linux has opened the door to software hackers unable to build hardware. It is hardware hacking, and its associated software, that I will cover in this chapter.
Software Hacks
For most developers, software is an easier hack, because the chance of breaking something irrevocably is much reduced compared to hacking hardware. In fact, when Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs were building ...
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