tag: hardware attacks

Securing Hardware For The Quantum Era
By Ann Mutschler - 05 Feb, 2026 - Comments: 0

Key Takeaways: Quantum threats to security are already real. Adversaries are already harvesting data that will be decrypted later by quantum computers. Quantum computers capable of breaking RSA and ECC may arrive as early as next year. Asymmetric encryption algorithms like RSA and ECC will become inadequate against quantum threats, while symmetric encryption (such as AES) is less vul... » read more

Five Tips To Avoid Security Errors In Product Development
By Keysight - 07 Jan, 2026 - Comments: 0

Riscure, now part of Keysight, has been helping chip vendors and device manufacturers improve the security of their products for years. The security scenario has changed a lot over time. The attacker profile evolved from individuals motivated by curiosity, with very limited resources and attack potential, to well-funded and organized adversaries with malicious motivations and the capacity to ex... » read more

New Approaches To Limit Cyberattacks On Hardware
By Ann Mutschler - 09 Oct, 2025 - Comments: 0

The number and value of cyberattacks on semiconductors is rising, but new approaches to designing and packaging chips could put a significant dent in those figures. Semiconductor-related cybersecurity attacks have multiplied more than six times since 2022, according to a report by cyber intelligence firm CloudSEK. These attacks have cost the semiconductor industry an estimated $1.05 billion ... » read more

Compromising Spectre v2 HW Mitigations By Exploiting BPRC (ETH Zurich)
By Technical Paper Link - 11 Sep, 2025 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Branch Privilege Injection: Compromising Spectre v2 Hardware Mitigations by Exploiting Branch Predictor Race Conditions" was published by researchers at ETH Zurich. Presented at USENIX Security Symposium in August 2025. Abstract "Modern branch predictors prevent Spectre v2 attacks by associating predictions with the privilege domain they should be restricted to... » read more

Skeletal Security Architecture For Providing Systematic Security Insertion And Assurance In SoC Designs (University of Florida)
By Technical Paper Link - 21 Jul, 2025 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Security Enclave Architecture for Heterogeneous Security Primitives for Supply-Chain Attacks" was published by researchers at the University of Florida. Abstract: "Designing secure architectures for system-on-chip (SoC) platforms is a highly intricate and time intensive task, often requiring months of development and meticulous verification. Even minor architec... » read more

Hardware Security: Assessment Method For Attacks Using Real-World Cases (TU Wien, TÜV Austria)
By Technical Paper Link - 23 Apr, 2025 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "The Pains of Hardware Security: An Assessment Model of Real-World Hardware Security Attacks" was published by researchers at TU Wien and TÜV Austria. "We review some of the publicly known HW attacks that have occurred and propose an assessment scheme for the attacks and the defense on hardware," states the paper. Find the technical paper here. April 2025. ... » read more

Countermeasure Against Confidentiality And Integrity Attacks On Hardware IP (U. of Florida)
By Technical Paper Link - 08 Apr, 2025 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "HIPR: Hardware IP Protection through Low-Overhead Fine-Grain Redaction" was published by researchers at University of Florida. Abstract "Hardware IP blocks have been subjected to various forms of confidentiality and integrity attacks in recent years due to the globalization of the semiconductor industry. System-on-chip (SoC) designers are now considering a zero... » read more

Heterogeneity Of 3DICs As A Security Vulnerability
By Technical Paper Link - 01 Aug, 2024 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Harnessing Heterogeneity for Targeted Attacks on 3-D ICs" was published by Drexel University. Abstract "As 3-D integrated circuits (ICs) increasingly pervade the microelectronics industry, the integration of heterogeneous components presents a unique challenge from a security perspective. To this end, an attack on a victim die of a multi-tiered heterogeneous 3-... » read more

Hardware Trojans: CPU-Oriented Trojan Trigger Circuits (Georgia Tech)
By Technical Paper Link - 22 Mar, 2024 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Towards Practical Fabrication Stage Attacks Using Interrupt-Resilient Hardware Trojans" was published by researchers at Georgia Tech. The paper states: "We introduce a new class of hardware trojans called interrupt-resilient trojans (IRTs). Our work is motivated by the observation that hardware trojan attacks on CPUs, even under favorable attack scenarios (e.g.... » read more

Overview of Machine Learning Algorithms Used In Hardware Security (TU Delft)
By Technical Paper Link - 09 Apr, 2023 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "A Survey on Machine Learning in Hardware Security" was published by researchers at TU Delft. Abstract "Hardware security is currently a very influential domain, where each year countless works are published concerning attacks against hardware and countermeasures. A significant number of them use machine learning, which is proven to be very effective in ... » read more

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