Open Sesame: stack smashing your way into opening doors.

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Physical security is the forgotten sibling of information security. This part usually is often offloaded to traditional security teams and especially to people that don't "get" what hacking is about. However Physical Access Control Systems (PACS) bridge the wall between physical security and information security. These systems are more and more ubiquituous and more importantly they are becoming "smart" (aka always connected). Therefore they are becoming hackable. This talk will feature a complete security audit of Idemia's Sigma Lite, a high-end PACS device that can be found in ministries, embassies or Fortune 500's companies and which controls user access, biometric identifiation and time attendance. It will cover attacks from the hardware, upgrade system and contactless protocol.