Hardware backdoors are backdoors in hardware, such as code inside hardware or firmware of computer chips.[1] The backdoors may be directly implemented as hardware Trojans in the integrated circuit.
Hardware backdoors are intended to undermine security in smartcards and other cryptoprocessors unless investment is made in anti-backdoor design methods.[2] They have also been considered for car hacking.[3]
- ^ "Rakshasa: The hardware backdoor that China could embed in every computer - ExtremeTech". ExtremeTech. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ Waksman, Adam (2010), "Tamper Evident Microprocessors" (PDF), Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, Oakland, California, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-21, retrieved 2019-08-27
- ^ Smith, Craig (2016-03-24). The Car Hacker's Handbook: A Guide for the Penetration Tester. No Starch Press. ISBN 9781593277031. Retrieved 22 January 2017.