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Advanced Firmware & Hardware Security

Deep-Level Infrastructure Defense

Enterprise-grade firmware analysis, embedded systems auditing, web application security, malware investigation and advanced cyber defense.

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Firmware Samples Analyzed

12TB+

Hardware Devices Audited

500+

Incident Response Availability

24/7

Firmware-Level Threat Architecture

Advanced malware can operate below Android, iOS and Windows layers - inside firmware, GSM baseband processors and embedded communication controllers.

Threat Architecture

Invisible To Antivirus

Firmware-level malware survives operating system reinstalls and often remains invisible to traditional endpoint monitoring.

Embedded Attack Surface

Modern smartphones contain multiple independent processors and communication controllers beyond OS visibility.

Flagship Firmware Technology

GGSec Firmware Toolkit

Acquire firmware. Validate protections. Correlate the evidence.

GGSec Firmware Toolkit is GGSEC's proprietary read-only framework for firmware acquisition, live platform-security assessment and offline image analysis across Windows and UEFI workflows.

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Liveplatform security assessment
SPIverified flash acquisition
GPUOption ROM analysis
JSONevidence automation
ggfw --platform-security
GGSec Firmware Toolkit v0.6.5 Beta Module: platform security checks (read-only) [FAIL] BIOS SMM write protection BLE=0 · EISS/SMM_BWP=0 [FAIL] common.spi_access descriptor_write=1 · me_write=1 · gbe_write=1 [OK] common.spi_lock FLOCKDN=1 · controller configuration locked [INFO] FLOCKDN scope controller lock does not prove BIOS write protection [FAIL] SPI protected ranges cover BIOS no WPE coverage [OK] common.smrr range=0xDF800000-0xDFFFFFFF · valid=1 [FAIL] BIOS region write-protection verdict neither SMM protection nor full SPI PR coverage passed Security posture: FAIL PASS=7 · FAIL=7 · WARN=3 · N/A=7
New Product · GGSec Cortex

Application security findings your team can actually trust

Cortex combines AI-guided source analysis with live DAST confirmation to separate exploitable vulnerabilities from noise, then produces evidence-graded HTML and PDF reports ready for clients, auditors and engineering teams.

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25+vulnerability classes
LiveDAST proof
HTML + PDFclient-ready output
OWASP/PCIcompliance mapping
ggsec-cortex evidence output
[controls] 5/5 negative controls clean [CONFIRMED] REQUEST_SMUGGLING CL.TE CVSS 8.9 · timing differential +5995ms [CONFIRMED] BLIND_SSRF OOB HTTP callback captured · token 7f3a9c [CONFIRMED] PHP_OBJECT_INJECTION -> RCE deserialize -> __destruct -> outbound callback [LIKELY] SECOND_ORDER_SSTI stored payload reached render sink -> proof first, blind bugs included, noise labelled

Recent Research & Publications

We constantly analyze hardware and firmware threats. Here's what our lab is working on:

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Router Firmware Investigation

MikroTik implant analysis, backdoor detection, and advanced persistence mechanisms in consumer/enterprise routers.

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Supply Chain Firmware Risk

Pre-delivery firmware tampering detection, counterfeit component identification, vendor supply chain integrity verification, and SBOM analysis for embedded systems.

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Embedded Device Threat Modeling

IoT, medical devices, automotive systems — identifying vulnerabilities at the hardware and firmware level.

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BIOS/UEFI Audit Methodology

Complete 5-phase firmware audit framework: UEFI boot chain analysis, SPI flash forensics, and supply chain risk assessment.

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UEFI Attack Surface Research

Bootkits, Secure Boot bypasses, pre-OS exploitation vectors, and firmware rootkit detection.

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Firmware Persistence Whitepaper

Advanced UEFI & embedded persistence analysis. BlackLotus, MoonBounce, SPI flash forensics and NIST SP 800-193 mitigations.

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CPU Microarchitectural Attacks

Spectre, Meltdown, MDS, Zenbleed, Downfall, Rowhammer — full taxonomy of transient execution and side-channel vulnerabilities across Intel, AMD, and ARM.

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Baseband Security Research

GSM/LTE/5G modem firmware analysis, RCE via radio interface, baseband bootkits, and silent persistence below the OS. Includes case study: broadcast RCE on GSM baseband.

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Firmware Reverse Engineering Lab

Advanced binary analysis, custom RE tooling, automated firmware unpacking, and static/dynamic analysis frameworks for embedded systems.

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