Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
0 Hour(s) 55 Minute(s)
Language
English
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Course Overview
Use DigiSpark Microcontrollers for USB HID Automation and Hardware Security Research
In modern cybersecurity, attackers do not rely only on software exploits. In many real‑world security incidents, small hardware devices are used to automate actions or simulate keyboard input once connected to a computer. Security professionals study these techniques so they can better understand, detect, and defend against them.
In this course, you will learn how a small and inexpensive microcontroller called DigiSpark (ATtiny85) can be programmed and used in ethical hacking and penetration testing labs.
We will start by understanding the DigiSpark microcontroller and how to program it using the Arduino development environment. You will learn how USB‑based microcontrollers can emulate input devices and automate tasks, which is a concept commonly studied by security researchers and red team professionals.
Throughout the course, demonstrations will show how these devices can simulate actions on systems in controlled testing environments. These exercises help students understand how hardware‑based attack techniques work and how organizations can defend against them.
You will also learn important networking concepts such as port forwarding and remote connectivity, which are commonly used in penetration testing labs to simulate real‑world scenarios.
By the end of this course, you will understand:
How microcontrollers like DigiSpark can be programmed for cybersecurity research
How USB automation techniques are used during penetration testing demonstrations
How hardware‑based attacks are studied by security professionals
How defenders can recognize and protect systems from these types of threats
Disclaimer
Important: All demonstrations in this course are performed in controlled lab environments and are intended strictly for educational and defensive cybersecurity purposes. Students must follow all applicable laws and ethical guidelines. Unauthorized interception of data, attacks on networks, or use of these techniques on systems without permission is strictly prohibited.
Course Content
- 7 section(s)
- 14 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Setup IDE
- Section 3 Introduction to DigiSpark Programming
- Section 4 Hacking Windows 10 on LAN
- Section 5 Hacking Windows 7 on WAN
- Section 6 Post Attack Usage of Meterpreter
- Section 7 Additional Materials
What You’ll Learn
- What the DigiSpark (ATtiny85) microcontroller is and how it works, How to program DigiSpark for automation and security testing tasks, How USB‑based microcontrollers can be used during authorized penetration testing and security research, Demonstrations of USB HID scripting techniques in controlled lab environments, Understanding network concepts such as port forwarding in penetration testing labs, How organizations can detect and defend against hardware‑based attack techniques
Reviews
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AAngela Kim López
Well, it's a short course, but the information is very valuable, Thanks ... =*
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FFadhel
Great Instructor, fast, easy I hope u make lecture about C programming language for hardware, for ethical hacking stuff. Thanks a lot.
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AAyaz Khan
this course gives me new ideas in pen.testing
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DDavid Sopas
I have a few points regarding this course. » Video 10 - The author forgot to add KEY_ENTER on the digispark script and its clear that he hits enter when the script stops on the powershell console; » Video 12 - Sound is really bad. Seems recorded on a bunker or something; » Video 13 - Well Post exploitation using Meterpreter is just showing help, dir files and downloading files. If the author wanted to keep it simple he could do screenshot or even mapping the network. I think the course is average and didn't learn nothing new. By the way, is totally out-dated. Default AV will trigger on Veil. Try using Empire.
