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The magic of hacking is cleverly exploiting a given situation, not setting the rules by modifying the product to be compromised. The "attack" here would be obta
by flyinglizard 10y ago
The magic of hacking is cleverly exploiting a given situation, not setting the rules by modifying the product to be compromised. The "attack" here would be obtaining access to the ASIC design computers, while what the article discusses is simply a backdoor to be installed by the attacker.
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- jgw 10y agoNo, I don't think you're seeing the proposed attack here. As I understand it: 1. A company tapes out their chip to be fabbed, as most chips are, off-shore. The design is clean. 2. The backdoor is added after it is out of the company's hands -- say, by the fab. A single register and some wiring are not that difficult to add by hand to the design masks -- effectively, it's just an ECO. Post tape-out tampering is a mounting concern for our clients. [EDIT: I work for an ASIC Design & Verification consultancy]
- mannykannot 10y agoOh come on! As if security were a sport with rules. Your irrelevant pigeon-holing of the threat surface is just the sort of thinking that the black-hats like to see.