<h1>Hardware Hacking</h1>
<p><strong>Date</strong>: 2023-02-08</p>
<p><strong>Difficulty</strong>: Intermediate</p>
<p><strong>Delivered By</strong>: George Rennie</p>
<h2>Overview</h2>
<p>In this session we will introduce a range of common hardware vulnerabilities,
and physical attacks to exploit them. Topics to be covered include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Basic electronics</li>
<li>Common debug and control protocols (Serial, SPI, I2C, JTAG/SWD, CAN)</li>
<li>Timing attacks</li>
<li>Fault Injection (FI)</li>
<li>Side-Channel Power Analysis (SCA)</li>
</ul>
<p>This session will involve hands-on attacks on simulated hardware, as well as
demonstrations with real hardware.</p>
<h2>Prerequisites</h2>
<p>No prior knowledge of hardware security is required for this session, however
some understanding of the basics of digital hardware (as covered in
COMP1203 Computer Systems I or ELEC1202 Digital Systems and Microprocessors)
may be helpful, as well as a basic familiarity with Python.</p>
<p>If possible, please install the following software before the session:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.python.org/downloads/">Python 3</a></li>
<li>Common Python libraries such as <a href="https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/installing/index.html">Matplotlib</a>
and <a href="https://numpy.org/install/">Numpy</a> may be useful</li>
<li><a href="https://www.dreamsourcelab.com/download/">DSView</a>, a logic analyzer program</li>
</ul>
<h2>Useful resources</h2>
<ul>
<li>Alex Underwood's previous <a href="https://sucss.org/docs/hardwareelectronics">talk on Hardware Hacking</a>
contains a lot of similar content</li>
</ul>
