Closing the gap in security of embedded devices: active attacks and countermeasures

支持互联网的设备，如智能手机、平板电脑和无线传感器网络，是物联网的基石，为保护自然资源和提供医疗保健等广泛的公共服务提供可持续性。这些复杂但功能强大的嵌入式系统不仅必须具有能源和成本效益，而且还必须安全地处理敏感数据的传输、接收和存储。这些智能设备抵御安全攻击的能力对于建立对这些新颖新技术的信任至关重要。与向小型化的积极过渡相反，对这些设备的安全评估显示进展有限，而且在很大程度上仍未得到探索。然而，对这些新型智能设备的攻击可能是毁灭性的，影响到一个国家、公司或个人的隐私、财务、完整性、真实性和安全性。这些影响的例子包括身份或服务盗窃、设备克隆、机密性丧失以及财务或个人损失。本研究计划将研究真实嵌入式系统的可行主动攻击和对策，这对于在我们今天和未来的社会中启用和支持安全设备非常重要。

The internet-enabled devices, such as smart phones, tablets, and Wireless Sensor Networks, are the cornerstones of the Internet of Things offering sustainability in a wide spectrum of public services from preserving natural resources to delivering health care. These complex but highly capable embedded systems must not only be energy and cost efficient, but they also must securely handle transmitting, receiving and storing sensitive data. The ability of these smart devices to withstand security attacks becomes crucial for establishing trust in these novel new technologies. As opposed to the aggressive transition towards miniaturization, security assessment of these devices has shown limited advancement and largely remains unexplored. Neverthless attacks on these new smart devices may be devastating, impacting a countries, companies, or individuals privacy, finances, integrity, authenticity, and security. Examples of these effects include identity or service theft, device cloning, loss of confidentiality, and financial or personal loss. This research proposal will examine viable active attacks and countermeasures for real embedded systems which is important for enabling and supporting secure devices within our society today and in the future.