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Well, stuxnet was written with knowledge of a very specific SCADA setup. Not so farfetched to think a targeted trojan would be written with knowledge of the cir
by 0x0 8y ago
Well, stuxnet was written with knowledge of a very specific SCADA setup. Not so farfetched to think a targeted trojan would be written with knowledge of the circuit.
- toast0 8y agoEditing circuits is hard enough with complete information. If the intent is to add an exciting extra feature, that seems rather difficult to do via malware. If you're trying to just sabotage a bit, that's more likely -- maybe expose for slightly less time and things are less reliable, etc. Like others said though, it's probably easier to mess with the designs before they go to the Fab.
- phendrenad2 8y agoWhat if they do have complete information? If you had spies working at all levels, you could create your own parallel version of the end result all the way down to the silicon level. Then, you would actually do the modification at the silicon level, to make the backdoor hardest to find.
- delfinom 8y agoAt that point you just insert a spook into the foundry as an employee and have them swap the files. No need to waste time or uncertainty.