Reverse Engineering the Tapo C260 and Tapo Discovery Protocol v2

Original text by Spaceraccoon

The article describes the reverse-engineering process of the TP-Link Tapo C260 smart camera and the analysis of its proprietary Tapo Discovery Protocol v2 (TDPv2). The research was conducted during the SPIRITCYBER IoT hardware hacking contest and focused on understanding the device firmware and network attack surface. The author begins with a…

https://core-jmp.org/2026/03/reverse-engineering-the-tapo-c260-and-tapo-discovery-protocol-v2/