BSides Kerala 2026

Speaker

Speaker Bio

Lead Hardware Security Researcher at Traboda Cyber Labs

Season Cherian is a hacker-entrepreneur with deep expertise in technical and strategic security across both private and public sectors. As Head of Hardware Security Research at Traboda Cyber Labs, he focuses on OT system security analysis, IoT security, and N-day research. He also speaks and trains at premier conferences, including DEF CON, Black Hat, CODE BLUE, SINCON, SecTor, BSides, Tengucon, and Hackfest.

Hands-on Activity at BSides Kerala 2026

Hands-on Activity

Pins, Pads & Payloads, a hands-on hardware, IoT and OT Security

Hands-on Activity Ground Intermediate 1 hour

Pins, Pads & Payloads is a hands-on hardware, IoT and OT security demo by the Traboda CyberLabs team. Drop by the table to watch live attacks on real training hardware: firmware probing and reflashing on the CompatrIoT platform, PLC tampering and industrial protocol attacks on the Sysrupt OT range, and short-form hardware challenges anyone can attempt between talks. Mentors will walk interested attendees through each technique end-to-end. No prior hardware experience required for the IoT side; CTF players and OT defenders will find plenty to dig into

What We'll Demo:

IoT & Firmware: CompatrIoT platform. UART/SPI/I2C probing with logic analyzers, JTAG/SWD debug access, firmware extraction and reflashing on real embedded targets.
OT/ICS: Sysrupt. Portable OT range simulating a small factory: Modbus and DNP3 traffic inspection, PLC logic tampering, and HMI compromise, walking through real attack chains adapted from public OT incidents.
Hardware Challenges: Short-form puzzles attendees can attempt at the table: signal decoding, side-channel observation, and CAN bus challenges from our work on the RAMN platform.

Date

9 May 2026

Time

11:00 PM - 03:00 PM IST

Venue

Hands-on Activity Ground

Format

Hands-on Activity