category: IoT and Security

category: Auto, Security & Edge AI

When Smart Cards Make Sense…
By Ernest Worthman - 01 May, 2014 - Comments: 1

Smart cards, also referred to as hardware tokens, offer one of the highest levels of security within the framework of securable objects. This is for one obvious reason – it is disconnected from the interconnected world. Unlike wireless or hard-wired objects that require online connectivity for functionality, smart cards must be in physical, or near physical contact (contactless that requir... » read more

Heartbleed And The Internet Of Things
By Ernest Worthman - 01 May, 2014 - Comments: 4

Heartbleed is not a country and western song, but many wish it were. It’s a programming glitch with the potential to cause disastrous and widespread compromises on seemingly secure data. By some estimates, the flaw in the heartbleed code has allowed hackers to collect personal data, including passwords, undetected, for as long as two years. Exactly how much data has been breached, and what... » read more

Securing Chip Data More Critical Than Ever
By Ann Mutschler - 01 May, 2014 - Comments: 0

Everywhere you turn in the mainstream media, it is easy to find stories of security breaches – from Target not adequately protecting customer data to cars allegedly being hacked to hackers themselves showing how easy it is to do what they do. As technology increases in complexity, so do the hackers themselves. This is a problem. As such, chipmakers are increasingly becoming aware of vulner... » read more

Double Trouble
By NXP - 01 May, 2014 - Comments: 0

By Joon Knapen I read a story recently about a BBC journalist in Africa who was the victim of an imposter that had taken to posing as him on local radio stations. The unsuspecting radio hosts accommodated him because they were unaware of what the real Mohaman Babalala looked like and claimed his accent sounded similar. While the journalist took this incident in good humor it reminds us abou... » read more

DPA Countermeasures
By Various Writers - 30 Apr, 2014 - Comments: 0

Smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices con- tain cryptographic keys that protect payments, VPN/network connections and on-device flash memory. Although some smartphones and other devices contain countermeasures, many do not and can be easily compromised. Even a simple radio can tune into the radio frequency emissions from mobile devices and gather side channel information. In some cases,... » read more

Online Everyone Is Anonymous…For Now
By Ed Sperling - 30 Apr, 2014 - Comments: 0

Every time you go online you leave a digital footprint. You store cookies and the sites you visit store your IP address, but at least for now there is no way to narrow down exactly who visited a site, whether the person you’re talking with is really who they claim to be, or even to prove it was you at the keyboard when you do use your real name. There has been much discussion about forcing... » read more

Changes At DAC
By DAC - 28 Mar, 2014 - Comments: 0

The 2014 DAC program is live, and for those who just can’t wait, here is a sneak peak of one of the new initiatives at the show. This year DAC introduces a brand new track focused 100% on IP. The IP Track will be on Monday, June 2, and includes six sessions running in two rooms adjoining the exhibit floor. This track provides creators and users of IP with an open forum to exchange information... » read more

Formally Verifying Security Aspects Of SoC Designs
By Joseph Hupcey III - 13 Mar, 2014 - Comments: 0

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Expert Interview: NXP On Security
By Ed Sperling - 03 Feb, 2014 - Comments: 4

Semiconductor Engineering sat down with Mathias Wagner, NXP fellow and chief security technologist, to discuss the challenges in securing SoCs. SE: Can we ever get a really firm handle on security issues in SoCs? Wagner: No. There are too many papers on attacks and countermeasures that come out every year. In the embedded security field alone there are about 100 papers every year, so if y... » read more

The Next Big Threat: System Security
By Ed Sperling - 31 Jan, 2014 - Comments: 0

No SoC ever will be totally secure, and no technology will stop experienced thieves who really want to get into a device. But chipmakers and IP companies are examining ways to at least make it more difficult—and at least in theory, far less lucrative. One big change, of course, is that a connected electronic ecosystem has made location irrelevant. In the past, crime was limited to where th... » read more

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