Best Practices For Cybersecurity-Aware SoC Development With ISO 21434

By Synopsys - 22 Feb, 2023 - Comments: 0

The growth of electronics in cars is exposing a new vector for cyberattacks on owners and automotive companies’ reputations. The potential human cost of an attack on the car’s electronics is driving urgency in the adoption of cybersecurity-aware practices, from OEMs and Tier 1s to every component supplier in the automotive industry. The standard “ISO/SAE 21434:2021 Road vehicles — Cyber... » read more

Ensuring Your Semiconductor Test Equipment Is Protected From Rising Cybersecurity Threats

By Eli Roth - 06 Dec, 2022 - Comments: 0

Cybersecurity threats pose risks to your business every day and can attack every aspect of your operation, and these threats are only increasing. According to IBM Security’s Cost of a Data Breach Report, in 2021, the average total cost of a data breach increased by nearly 10% year over year, from $3.86M to $4.24M – the largest single year cost increase in the last seven years. Sourc... » read more

Embracing the Challenges Of Cybersecurity In Automotive Applications

By Gulam Ashrafi - 01 Dec, 2022 - Comments: 1

The growth of electronics in cars is exposing a new vector for cyberattacks on car owners and automotive companies’ reputations. The potential human cost of an attack on the car’s electronics is driving urgency in the adoption of cybersecurity-aware practices, from OEMs and Tier 1s to every component supplier in the automotive industry. The standard “ISO/SAE 21434:2021 Road vehicles — C... » read more

EV Charging Cybersecurity Challenges (Sandia National Labs)

By Technical Paper Link - 23 Nov, 2022 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled "Review of Electric Vehicle Charger Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities, Potential Impacts, and Defenses" was published by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories. Abstract: "Worldwide growth in electric vehicle use is prompting new installations of private and public electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE). EVSE devices support the electrification of the transportat... » read more

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing

By Marie C. Baca - 11 Nov, 2022 - Comments: 0

Automotive And Mobility Two major auto OEMs revealed new electric vehicle models this week. The Audi Q8 e-tron has 40 driver assistance systems including five radar sensors, five cameras, and 12 ultrasonic sensors, and comes with either an 89 net kilowatt-hour battery or a 106 net kilowatt-hour battery. It arrives in the U.S. in April 2023. The Volvo EX90 contains both lidar and 5G connectivit... » read more

Semiconductor Manufacturing: Tradeoffs Between Performance, Energy Consumption & Cybersecurity Controls

By Technical Paper Link - 08 Nov, 2022 - Comments: 0

A new research paper titled "Simulating Energy and Security Interactions in Semiconductor Manufacturing: Insights from the Intel Minifab Model" was published by researchers at Idaho National Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at San Antonio and George Mason University. Abstract: "Semiconductor manufacturing is a highly complex. Fabrication plants must deal with r... » read more

Side-Channel Secure Translation Lookaside Buffer Architecture

By Technical Paper Link - 28 Oct, 2022 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Risky Translations: Securing TLBs against Timing Side Channels" was posted by researchers at Ruhr University Bochum (Germany) and Cyber-Physical Systems of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). Abstract: "Microarchitectural side-channel vulnerabilities in modern processors are known to be a powerful attack vector that can be utilized to... » read more

Hardware Implementation Of A Random Gumber Generator On A FPGA

By Technical Paper Link - 13 Sep, 2022 - Comments: 0

A new research paper titled "FPGA Random Number Generator" was published by a researcher at Johns Hopkins University. According to the paper's abstract: "This paper offers a proof-of-concept for creating a verilog-based hardware design that utilizes random measurement and scrambling algorithms to generate 32-bit random synchronously with a single clock cycle on a field-programmable-gate-arr... » read more

Security Highlight: Honda Rolling-PWN Attack

By Ramiro Pareja Veredas - 01 Sep, 2022 - Comments: 0

The attack known as Rolling-PWN (CVE-2021-46145) [1] is the latest of a recent series of security issues affecting the car’s immobilizers and RKEs (Remote Keyless Entry, also known as the keyfob or remote control). Over the past years, we have seen how security researchers identified attacks that could open and even start cars from vendors like Tesla [2], Hyundai-Kia [3], VAG (Volkswagen, ... » read more

Cybersecurity Is A Journey

By Cycuity (Formerly Tortuga Logic) - 03 Aug, 2022 - Comments: 0

Hardware Is the Foundation of Your Security Posture Due to the inability to ‘patch’ silicon, failure to identify and remediate hardware vulnerabilities early comes with catastrophic consequences. However, most of the focus and investments in cybersecurity have historically been on device software and its administrators, not on securing the underlying hardware. Hardware Vulnerabilitie... » read more

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