Embedded devices, which are essentially microcomputers of chip size, have become an integral component across various objects they control, including but not limited to phones, automobiles, credit cards, laptops, medical equipment, and even pillars of critical infrastructure. The omnipresence of these devices underscores the importance of comprehending their security landscape.

The Hardware Hacking Handbook provides an in-depth examination of diverse embedded systems, uncovering their designs, components, security vulnerabilities, and the challenges associated with reverse engineering, all of which are crucial for executing sophisticated hardware attacks. It is meticulously crafted, incorporating both humor and practical lab experiments, positioning the reader in the perspective of an attacker with benevolent intentions, and aiming to breach security protocols. It commences with an introductory course on the architecture of embedded devices, threat modeling, and attack trees.

Subsequently, this book delves into hardware interfaces, ports and communication protocols, electrical signaling, strategies for firmware image analysis, among other topics. Throughout the text, readers are encouraged to utilize a home testing lab for conducting various attacks, including fault injection, side-channel analysis (SCA), and both simple and differential power analysis (SPA/DPA) on a range of actual devices, such as a cryptographic wallet.

In addition, the authors impart knowledge on real-world attacks on embedded systems, referencing notable examples such as Sony’s PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Philips Hue Lights. An appendix detailing the requisite equipment for a hardware hacking lab, inclusive of a multimeter and oscilloscope, with considerations for budgets of all sizes, is also provided.

In short, The Hardware Hacking Handbook serves as an essential tutorial for industry engineers tasked with safeguarding against these attacks, students venturing into the domain, or electronics enthusiasts desiring to replicate existing work, making it a valuable addition to one’s professional library.

// Table Of Contents //

• Chapter 1: Dental Hygiene: Introduction to Embedded Security
• Chapter 2: Reaching Out, Touching Me, Touching You: Hardware Peripheral Interfaces
• Chapter 3: Casing the Joint: Identifying Components and Gathering Information
• Chapter 4: Bull in a Porcelain Shop: Introducing Fault Injection
• Chapter 5: Don’t Lick the Probe: How to Inject Faults
• Chapter 6: Bench Time: Fault Injection Lab
• Chapter 7: X Marks the Spot: Trezor One Wallet Memory Dump
• Chapter 8: I’ve Got the Power: Introduction to Power Analysis
• Chapter 9: Bench Time: Simple Power Analysis
• Chapter 10: Splitting the Difference: Differential Power Analysis
• Chapter 11: Gettin’ Nerdy with It: Advanced Power Analysis
• Chapter 12: Bench Time: Differential Power Analysis
• Chapter 13: No Kiddin’: Real-Life Examples
• Chapter 14: Think of the Children: Countermeasures, Certifications, and Goodbytes
• Appendix A: Maxing Out Your Credit Card: Setting Up a Test Lab
• Appendix B: All Your Base Are Belong to Us: Popular Pinouts

// What You’ll Learn //

• How to model security threats, using attacker profiles, assets, objectives, and countermeasures
• Electrical basics that will help you understand communication interfaces, signaling, and measurement
• How to identify injection points for executing clock, voltage, electromagnetic, laser, and body-biasing fault attacks, as well as practical injection tips
• How to use timing and power analysis attacks to extract passwords and cryptographic keys
• Techniques for leveling up both simple and differential power analysis, from practical measurement tips to filtering, processing, and visualization

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