PAYATU

Rupesh Surve

Senior Hardware Security Researcher
Senior Hardware Security Researcher at Payatu with 9+ years in embedded electronics and multilayer PCB design (150+ boards). Specialises in dismantling IoT hardware — micro-soldering, firmware extraction, UART/JTAG/SWD — and manages EXPLIoT hardware products; regular Nullcon trainer and BSides Soldering Village host.
PAYATU

Rupesh Surve

Senior Hardware Security Researcher
Senior Hardware Security Researcher at Payatu with 9+ years in embedded electronics and multilayer PCB design (150+ boards). Specialises in dismantling IoT hardware — micro-soldering, firmware extraction, UART/JTAG/SWD — and manages EXPLIoT hardware products; regular Nullcon trainer and BSides Soldering Village host.
Senior Hardware Security Researcher at Payatu with 9+ years in embedded electronics and multilayer PCB design (150+ boards). Specialises in dismantling IoT hardware — micro-soldering, firmware extraction, UART/JTAG/SWD — and manages EXPLIoT hardware products; regular Nullcon trainer and BSides Soldering Village host.
PAYATU

Rupesh Surve

Senior Hardware Security Researcher

CVEs published

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

UART port of the Wi-Fi module controller is open to access

This vulnerability allows an attacker with physical access to the device to fully extract the firmware and internal memory contents.
IoT & Hardware
Hardware / Firmware Exposure
Information Disclosure
Medium
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Talks & appearances

Conferences, podcasts and workshops.
Soldering Village
Pugal Selvan, Rupesh Surve
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28-06-2024
Practical IoT Hacking
Hemant Sonkar, Ajay S. K., Shubham Thorat, Rupesh Surve
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12-14 Jun 2025

Articles by  

Rupesh Surve

IoT & hardware
PCB Designing – Advance
July 7, 2021
8 min
IoT & hardware
Engineers
Researchers
Guides & tutorials
Web & API
PCB Designing – Basics
June 1, 2021
10 min
Web & API
Engineers
Researchers
Guides & tutorials

The Bandits

Conferences, podcasts and workshops.
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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Bandits

Akanksha Prasad

Co-Lead - Web Application
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Akanksha Prasad

Co-Lead - Web Application
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