Why Countermeasures Are Needed To Prevent Practical, Non-Invasive Attacks Against CNT-PUFs


A technical paper titled "Practical Non-Invasive Probing Attacks Against Novel Carbon-Nanotube-Based Physical Unclonable Functions" was published by researchers at University of Passau, Chemnitz University of Technology, Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems, and Technical University of Darmstad. Abstract: "As the number of devices being interconnected increases, so does also the d... » read more

Protecting Power Management Circuits Against Trojan Attacks


A technical paper titled “Hardware Trojans in Power Conversion Circuits” was published by researchers at UC Davis. Abstract: "This report investigates the potential impact of a Trojan attack on power conversion circuits, specifically a switching signal attack designed to trigger a locking of the pulse width modulation (PWM) signal that goes to a power field-effect transistor (FET). The fi... » read more

CEO Outlook: Chiplets, Data Management, And Reliability


Semiconductor Engineering sat down to talk about changes in chip design with Joseph Sawicki, executive vice president for IC EDA at Siemens Digital Industries Software; John Kibarian, president and CEO of PDF Solutions; John Lee, general manager and vice president of Ansys' Semiconductor Business Unit; Niels Faché, vice president and general manager of PathWave Software Solutions at Keysight; ... » read more

Hardware Security: Eliminating/Reducing A Blind Spot of Side Channels (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security)


A technical paper titled "(M)WAIT for It: Bridging the Gap between Microarchitectural and Architectural Side Channels" was published by researchers at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security. Abstract: "In the last years, there has been a rapid increase in microarchitectural attacks, exploiting side effects of various parts of the CPU. Most of them have in common that they rely ... » read more

Developing An Unbreakable Cybersecurity System


Cyberattacks are increasing in frequency and sophistication, and the impact of those attacks is increasing almost exponentially as the amount and value of data continues to grow. Cybersecurity Ventures projected the annual cost of cybercrime will grow from $8 trillion in 2023 to $210.5 trillion by 2025, with no end in sight. On the target list are a slew of industrial and commercial segments... » read more

Chips Getting More Secure, But Not Quickly Enough


Experts at the Table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to talk about the impact of heterogeneous integration, more advanced RISC-V designs, and a growing awareness of security threats, with Mike Borza, Synopsys scientist; John Hallman, product manager for trust and security at Siemens EDA; Pete Hardee, group director for product management at Cadence; Paul Karazuba, vice president of marketin... » read more

EV Charging Hardware Attacks


A technical paper titled "ChargeX: Exploring State Switching Attack on Electric Vehicle Charging Systems" was published by researchers at Michigan State University, Washington University in St. Louis, and Texas A&M University. Abstract: "Electric Vehicle (EV) has become one of the promising solutions to the ever-evolving environmental and energy crisis. The key to the wide adoption of E... » read more

Circuit Layout-Level Hardware Trojan Detection


A new technical paper titled "A Needle in the Haystack: Inspecting Circuit Layout to Identify Hardware Trojans" was published by researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and Qualcomm. Abstract "Distributed integrated circuit (IC) supply chain has resulted in a myriad of security vulnerabilities including that of hardware Trojan (HT). An HT can perform malicious modifications on an I... » read more

Attestation Scheme Monitoring The Prover Using Hardware Security Module Connected To Its System Bus (Oxford)


A technical paper titled "Hardware-assisted remote attestation design for critical embedded systems" was published by researchers at University of Oxford. Abstract (excerpt) "To reveal attack scenarios exploiting the memory regions and time windows left unattested, we propose an attestation scheme that can continuously monitor both static and dynamic memory regions with better spatial and t... » read more

IC Security Issues Grow, Solutions Lag


Experts at the Table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to talk about the growing chip security threat and what's being done to mitigate it, with Mike Borza, Synopsys scientist; John Hallman, product manager for trust and security at Siemens EDA; Pete Hardee, group director for product management at Cadence; Paul Karazuba, vice president of marketing at Expedera; and Dave Kelf, CEO of Breker V... » read more

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