Security Researcher
Attacks targeting edge devices are steadily increasing. Because these systems are intentionally exposed to the internet, they often serve as easily identifiable entry points for attackers. Edge devices span a broad range of technologies (including VPN servers, firewalls, load balancers, routers, and email gateways) which makes them highly attractive targets for both cybercriminals and nation-state actors seeking initial access to enterprise environments. Bug bounty programs are also placing growing emphasis on vulnerabilities in these systems.
In hands-on training, participants will walk through the complete process of vulnerability research and exploitation on a real-world embedded edge device commonly deployed within Fortune 500 environments. Starting from restrictive shells and locked-down filesystems, participants will progress through fuzzing, crash triage, and root-cause analysis, and ultimately weaponize memory-corruption bugs to achieve remote code execution.
The course focuses heavily on practical exploitation workflows: jailbreak techniques for analysis, bypassing vendor-specific protections, adapting fuzzers to embedded attack surfaces, and converting “unexploitable” crashes into reliable exploitation primitives. By the end of the training, participants will have both the methodology and practical skills needed to independently discover and exploit vulnerabilities in edge devices.
Marco Ortisi has been working in IT security professionally since 1999. After several roles in Italy and abroad as a penetration tester, vulnerability researcher, team leader, and eventually red team manager, he went through a midlife crisis that led him to return to vulnerability research and analysis (especially 0days). He rediscovered the joy of reporting to no one but himself. Marco is a former speaker and trainer at TyphoonCon, RingZer0, BlackHat, BruCON, HackInBo, BlackAlps and many other conferences.
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