Using Embedded Temperature Sensors to Detect Package Tampering
Secure integrated circuits are vulnerable to numerous threats and attacks throughout their lifespan. A noticeable group of these threats is semi-invasive attacks that necessitate removing the package, either from the front or the back. To the best of our knowledge, there has been little research foc...
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| description | Secure integrated circuits are vulnerable to numerous threats and attacks throughout their lifespan. A noticeable group of these threats is semi-invasive attacks that necessitate removing the package, either from the front or the back. To the best of our knowledge, there has been little research focusing on verifying the package integrity. This paper presents an affordable solution for verifying the package integrity at power-up. This solution relies on an indirect and built-in measurement of the IC’s heat dissipation characteristics, taking advantage of the use of thermal sensors embedded in today’s ICs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b1d1d0d09bb245e18063ce6d678b09902025-08-20T03:56:46ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202025-07-012514425010.3390/s25144250Using Embedded Temperature Sensors to Detect Package TamperingGeoffrey Chancel0Julien Toulemont1Frederick Mailly2Philippe Maurine3Pascal Nouet4LIRMM, University of Montpellier, 34095 Montpellier, FranceANSSI, 75700 Paris, FranceLIRMM, University of Montpellier, 34095 Montpellier, FranceLIRMM, University of Montpellier, 34095 Montpellier, FranceLIRMM, University of Montpellier, 34095 Montpellier, FranceSecure integrated circuits are vulnerable to numerous threats and attacks throughout their lifespan. A noticeable group of these threats is semi-invasive attacks that necessitate removing the package, either from the front or the back. To the best of our knowledge, there has been little research focusing on verifying the package integrity. This paper presents an affordable solution for verifying the package integrity at power-up. This solution relies on an indirect and built-in measurement of the IC’s heat dissipation characteristics, taking advantage of the use of thermal sensors embedded in today’s ICs.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/14/4250countermeasuresthermal dissipation monitoringhardware securityfault injectionreverse engineering |
| spellingShingle | Geoffrey Chancel Julien Toulemont Frederick Mailly Philippe Maurine Pascal Nouet Using Embedded Temperature Sensors to Detect Package Tampering Sensors countermeasures thermal dissipation monitoring hardware security fault injection reverse engineering |
| title | Using Embedded Temperature Sensors to Detect Package Tampering |
| title_full | Using Embedded Temperature Sensors to Detect Package Tampering |
| title_fullStr | Using Embedded Temperature Sensors to Detect Package Tampering |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using Embedded Temperature Sensors to Detect Package Tampering |
| title_short | Using Embedded Temperature Sensors to Detect Package Tampering |
| title_sort | using embedded temperature sensors to detect package tampering |
| topic | countermeasures thermal dissipation monitoring hardware security fault injection reverse engineering |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/14/4250 |
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