Grand Idea Studio

Security

Thinking Differently

Tuesday, Oct 18th, 2011

Hackers think differently. They create new, innovative, and novel solutions to technical problems that are often deemed too difficult to solve. From Thomas Edison to Steve Wozniak to Richard Stallman, hackers have helped shape the world we live in. Corporations, on the other hand, are generally more rigid in their approaches to problem solving and are constrained by internal policies. [ continue ]

Hardware Hacking for Kids

Sunday, Aug 7th, 2011

This presentation introduces kids to the process and fun of hardware hacking. [ continue ]

Hardware Hacking Training

Saturday, Jan 1st, 2011

Grand Idea Studio’s Hardware Hacking Training, taught exclusively by Joe Grand, focuses on hardware hacking and reverse engineering techniques commonly used against hardware products. It is a combination of lecture and hands-on exercises, culminating with students attempting to defeat the security of a custom-designed circuit board. [ continue ]

Perspectives from the L0pht

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

For nearly a decade, Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio was a member of the infamous hacker collective known as L0pht Heavy Industries in Boston, Massachusetts. Starting in the early 1990s as a clubhouse for local hackers to store computer equipment, tinker with projects, and just hang out, the L0pht (spelled ell-zero-ph-t) ended up as seven close-knit friends changing the face of computer security vulnerability research and disclosure. [ continue ]

Hacks and Attacks: Examples of Electronic Device Compromise

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

As engineers, we have a responsibility to learn from problems of the past in order to better equip ourselves for designs of the future. This session presents the typical hardware hacking process and some high-profile attacks against electronic devices such as microprocessors, smartcards, and parking meters. [ continue ]

Press

MAKE Magazine

Let the Games Begin

Internet Rising

Something Epic This Way Comes

EEWeb

Engineering Site of the Day