Ross Marks
This Certificate Is Presented To
who has fulfilled the requirements of the course of study and passed the final examination necessary to earn the title of
CERTIFIED HARDWARE HACKER
Date
Challenge Coin Number
WHID Founder & Lead Instructor
bbb7d304-238b-41ff-a4e6-532b1fe05f26
012
Luca Bongiorni
05/04/2024

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Issue date: September 12, 2025

ID: bbb7d304-238b-41ff-a4e6-532b1fe05f26

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WHID - We Hack In Disguise 🇮🇹

WHID – We Hack In Disguise is an Italy-based security boutique (est. 2017) that R&D Internet of Offensive Things hardware implants and delivers flagship hands-on hardware security trainings to corporate customers and law enforcement agencies.

Type

Certification

Level

Professional

Format

Hybrid

Price

Paid

Description

The Offensive Hardware Hacking Training is a hands-on course designed to fulfill the skills gap that in the recent years emerged within the InfoSec scene in respect of the (I)IoT landscape. In it, students will be able to gather the needed theoretical knowledge and practical skills to engage with confidence hardware security audits involving those devices, that started to flood both consumer and corporate markets. The course is structured to be accessible to both junior and senior security personnel: it goes from a generic panoramic of the theory behind electronics, protocols, memories, microprocessors & tools-of-the-trade; then proceeds deeper into the topics by reviewing various TTPs.

Skills

Embedded security

Hardware Hacking

IoT Security

Soldering

PCB Reverse Engineering

OWASP Top10 IoT

OWASP ISVS

CVSS Risk Calculation

Hardware Threat Modeling

Secure Hardware Development Lifecycle

Firmware Analysis

Firmware Emulation

Firmware Differential Analysis

Electronics

Earning Criteria

Assignment

The student has to complete all the practical hands-on exercises and homeworks given, proving is able to properly assess the security of the given IoT/Embedded DUT (Device Under Test).

Watching

The students has to succesfully complete the 15+ hours of video lessons splitted in theoretical and practical parts.

Test

How is structured the Exam? - 45 min video call with the examiner - 5 Questions about Theory (UART, JTAG, SWD, SPI, I2C, NAND, Basics of Electronics, OWASP IoT Top10, ISVS, etc.) - 5 Questions about Practice (e.g. Hardware Security Testing Workflow, eventual CVEs or Blogpost or Projects you worked on, aibility to assemble and flash Burtleina-Board, etc.) - Each question is 5 points. For a total of 50 points. - Passing Score 35 points