Monta Elkins

Advanced Threats Against Industrial Control Systems

In times of conflict, industrial control systems face rapidly evolving cyber and physical threats. This talk explores how to leverage OT-focused intelligence to understand adversary activity and assess exposure.

SANS Orlando Fall 2025: Keynote: Unlocking Secrets: Keypad Safe Attack Using Side-Channel Timing and Pulseview.

In this demo of hardware hacking, we'll demonstrate a technique to unlock a keypad safe and introduce PulseView - the 'Wireshark of hardware hacking'.

Unlocking Secrets: Keypad Safe Attack Using Side-Channel Timing And Pulseview

In this demo of hardware hacking, we'll introduce PulseView-the 'Wireshark of hardware hacking'-and demonstrate a technique to unlock a keypad safe. Our method? A Side-Channel Timing Attack, which relies on the timing discrepancies in the user interface.

Unlocking Secrets - An Exploration of PulseView & Side-Channel Timing Attacks

In this intro to hardware hacking we'll introduce you to PulseView - the 'Wireshark of hardware hacking' and we'll unveil a technique behind unlocking a keypad safe, relying solely on its user interface.Our approach? A Side-Channel Timing Attack.