EP 86: The Trusted Channel: AT Command Exploits and Cellular IoT Security

About this episode

Deral Heiland discusses AT command exploits and their implications for IoT security.

Cellular modules in your IoT devices are trusted and that trust can be an insecure pivot point into your network for attackers. Deral Heiland, Principal Security Research for IoT at Rapid 7 discusses his presentation at RSAC 2026 on AT command exploits and supply chain risk.

People in this episode

Host: Robert Vamosi

Guest: Deral Heiland

Topics covered

• IoT security
• AT command exploits
• cellular modules
• supply chain risk
• network security

Keywords

• IoT
• security
• AT commands
• exploits
• cellular
• network
• supply chain

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rapid 7

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