tag: hardware security

Formal Verification Methodology For Detecting Security-Critical Bugs in HW & in the HW/Firmware Interface of SoCs (Award Winner)
By Technical Paper Link - 17 Aug, 2022 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "A Formal Approach to Confidentiality Verification in SoCs at the Register Transfer Level" was this year's first place winner of Intel's Hardware Security Academic Award program.   The approach utilizes UPEC (Unique Program Execution Checking) to identify functional design bugs causing confidentiality violations, covering both the processor and its peripherals. ... » read more

Security Research: Technical Paper Round-Up
By Linda Christensen - 16 Aug, 2022 - Comments: 0

A number of hardware security-related technical papers were presented at recent conferences, including the August 2022 USENIX Security Symposium and IEEE’s International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST). Topics include side-channel attacks and defenses (including on-chip mesh interconnect attacks), heterogeneous attacks on cache hierarchies, rowhammer attacks and mitig... » read more

Heterogenous Computing & Cache Attacks
By Technical Paper Link - 12 Aug, 2022 - Comments: 0

Researchers at imec-COSIC, KU Leuven presented this paper titled "Double Trouble: Combined Heterogeneous Attacks on Non-Inclusive Cache Hierarchies" at the USENIX Security Symposium in Boston in August 2022. Note, this is a prepublication paper. Abstract: "As the performance of general-purpose processors faces diminishing improvements, computing systems are increasingly equipped with domai... » read more

Microarchitectural Side-Channel Attacks and Mitigations on the On-Chip Mesh Interconnect
By Technical Paper Link - 11 Aug, 2022 - Comments: 0

This new technical paper titled "Don't Mesh Around: Side-Channel Attacks and Mitigations on Mesh Interconnects" was presented by researchers at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, MIT, and Texas Advanced Computing Center at the USENIX Security Symposium in Boston in August 2022. Abstract: "This paper studies microarchitectural side-channel attacks and mitigations on the on-chip mes... » read more

Syscall Attacks on PKU-based Isolation Systems (Graz University of Technology)
By Technical Paper Link - 10 Aug, 2022 - Comments: 0

This technical paper titled "Jenny: Securing Syscalls for PKU-based Memory Isolation Systems" was presented by researchers at Graz University of Technology (Austria) at the USENIX Security Symposium in Boston in August 2022. Abstract: "Effective syscall filtering is a key component for withstanding the numerous exploitation techniques and privilege escalation attacks we face today. For exam... » read more

Side-Channel Attack “Binoculars” Exploits Interactions Between HW Page Walk Operations & Other Memory Operations
By Technical Paper Link - 10 Aug, 2022 - Comments: 0

New technical paper titled "Binoculars: Contention-Based Side-Channel Attacks Exploiting the Page Walker" was presented by researchers at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Tel Aviv University at the USENIX Security Symposium in Boston in August 2022. Abstract: "Microarchitectural side channels are a pressing security threat. These channels are created when programs modulate hardw... » read more

Vehicle Security: Post-Quantum Security to the CAN Network
By Technical Paper Link - 09 Aug, 2022 - Comments: 0

This new technical paper titled "PUF-Based Post-Quantum CAN-FD Framework for Vehicular Security" is published by researchers at University of Tennessee. Abstract "The Controller Area Network (CAN) is a bus protocol widely used in Electronic control Units (ECUs) to communicate between various subsystems in vehicles. Insecure CAN networks can allow attackers to control information between vit... » read more

Assessing & Simulating Semiconductor Side-Channel or Unintended Data Leakage Vulnerabilities
By Technical Paper Link - 09 Aug, 2022 - Comments: 0

This research paper titled "Multiphysics Simulation of EM Side-Channels from Silicon Backside with ML-based Auto-POI Identification" from researchers at Ansys, National Taiwan University and Kobe University won the best paper award at IEEE's International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST). The paper presents a new tool "to assess unintended data leakage vulnerabilities... » read more

Prefetch Side Channels Undermine the Isolation Between User and Kernel Space on AMD CPUs
By Technical Paper Link - 08 Aug, 2022 - Comments: 0

This new technical paper titled "AMD Prefetch Attacks through Power and Time" is from researchers at Graz University of Technology and CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security. Note, this is a prepublication paper for the USENIX Security Symposium in Boston in August 2022.   This paper includes countermeasures and mitigation strategies, and the paper indicates that the findings were di... » read more

Securing Heterogeneous Integration at the Chiplet, Interposer, and System-In-Package Levels (FICS-University of Florida)
By Technical Paper Link - 04 Aug, 2022 - Comments: 0

A new research paper titled "ToSHI - Towards Secure Heterogeneous Integration: Security Risks, Threat Assessment, and Assurance" was published by researchers at the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research, University of Florida. Abstract "The semiconductor industry is entering a new age in which device scaling and cost reduction will no longer follow the decades-long pattern. Pa... » read more

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