Exploit | Pico 300alpha2

University research labs using the Pico 300alpha2 for teaching embedded security often share boards between students. A compromised board can exfiltrate SSH keys or recorded side-channel traces from connected workstations via the very same USB cable used for debugging.

While this "exploit" is often used creatively for "code golf" (fitting large programs into small spaces), it highlights a finicky preprocessor design. In a security context, similar vulnerabilities in other "Pico" software have different impacts: pico 300alpha2 exploit

This article is for educational and defensive purposes only. Unauthorized use of the pico 300alpha2 exploit against systems you do not own or have explicit permission to test is illegal. University research labs using the Pico 300alpha2 for

Circumventing encrypted boot processes to run unsigned code on the dual-core ARM Cortex-M33. pico 300alpha2 exploit