Malware in Hardware Infrastructure Components
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چکیده
Malicious hardware is a fairly new research topic that has attracted the interest of the scientific community. Therefore, numerous approaches have been proposed in the last years to counter the threat of so-called hardware Trojans. This chapter describes malicious hardware in the context of the security of hardware infrastructure components. Network infrastructure plays a vital role in our everyday lives, since many services depend on reliable and secure connections. In the following, we briefly introduce the topic of hardware Trojans. After describing their basic components, we give some insights into how hardware Trojans can be used maliciously in infrastructure devices. Furthermore, we outline the evolution of hardware Trojans and measures to counter them.
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