Malicious hardware
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Keywords
Malicious hardware ; Circuits ; TrojanAbstract
Nowadays with the rapid development and application of new technologies in all areas of our lives the interaction with integrated circuits is daily. This thesis focuses and analyzes all aspects of malicious hardware and hardware-based attacks. We briefly analyze the production process of hardware systems and the vulnerabilities that can be founded in each of the steps. Moving on, we approach the taxonomy of malicious hardware with two different ways, describe the lifecycle of the hardware system which provides several opportunities to include unwanted functionality and use this to categorize the attackers. Moreover, detection, localization and prevention mechanisms are outlined and thoroughly analyzed as countermeasures in order to deal with the risk of malicious hardware and more specifically Hardware Trojans. Finally, we refer shortly to malicious hardware use cases featuring specific attack vectors.