PAYATU

Hemant Sonkar

Lead Security Consultant - IoT Tower Lead
Lead Security Consultant heading Payatu's IoT tower. Has assessed medical devices, home automation and EVs, and regularly delivers IoT hacking trainings at Nullcon, c0c0n and null.
PAYATU

Hemant Sonkar

Lead Security Consultant - IoT Tower Lead
Lead Security Consultant heading Payatu's IoT tower. Has assessed medical devices, home automation and EVs, and regularly delivers IoT hacking trainings at Nullcon, c0c0n and null.
Lead Security Consultant heading Payatu's IoT tower. Has assessed medical devices, home automation and EVs, and regularly delivers IoT hacking trainings at Nullcon, c0c0n and null.
PAYATU

Hemant Sonkar

Lead Security Consultant - IoT Tower Lead

CVEs published

Vulnerabilities discovered and responsibly disclosed. Each links to the Payatu advisory.
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Talks & appearances

Conferences, podcasts and workshops.
Practical IoT Hacking
Hemant Sonkar, Abhinav Thakur
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2023
Practical IoT Hacking
Hemant Sonkar, Abhinav Thakur
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2-4 May 2024
Hack the IoT: A Practical Guide to IoT Security
Hemant Sonkar, Pugal Selvan
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13-14 Nov 2024
Practical IoT Hacking
Hemant Sonkar, Ajay S. K., Shubham Thorat, Rupesh Surve
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12-14 Jun 2025
From Extraction to Exploration: Firmware Analysis Made Easy with the EXPLIoT Platform
Ajay S. K., Hemant Sonkar
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03-10-2025
Practical IoT Hacking
Hemant Sonkar, Ajay S. K., Shubham Thorat
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25-27 Feb 2026
Hack the IoT: A Practical Guide to IoT Security
Hemant Sonkar, Pugal Selvan, Shubham Thorat
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11-13 Oct 2026

Articles by  

Hemant Sonkar

IoT & hardware
Web & API
How to Choose IoT and API Penetration Testing Companies
July 3, 2026
6 min read
IoT & hardware
Web & API
Researchers
Security leaders
For Security Leaders
IoT & hardware
Glitching on STM32 Blue Pill
October 27, 2025
12 min
IoT & hardware
Researchers
Security leaders
For Security Leaders
Guides & tutorials
IoT & hardware
Dumping Firmware from eMMC
June 10, 2024
8 mins
IoT & hardware
Engineers
Researchers
Guides & tutorials

The Bandits

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Aman Aryan

Consulting, Research and IT Head
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Aman Aryan

Consulting, Research and IT Head
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Bandits
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Abizer Naseem

Security Consultant
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Abizer Naseem

Security Consultant
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Bandits

Ajay S.K

IoT Firmware Security Researcher
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Ajay S.K

IoT Firmware Security Researcher
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