Explore techniques for uncovering hidden backdoors in government and vendor hardware systems in this 23-minute talk from Kaspersky Lab's Security Analyst Summit. Delve into pentesting methodologies, security appliance vulnerabilities, and the use of tools like Raspberry Pi and Linux. Learn about exploiting SSH, analyzing service listening stats, and manipulating firmware updates. Discover how to access backdoors using GDB, interact with Cisco IDs, and navigate PowerPC and Intel 64-bit architectures. Gain insights into DNS server vulnerabilities and the challenges of securing various hardware platforms.