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2023/09/11 – ORSHIN – Video Presentation

ORSHIN: Open-source ReSilient Hardware and software for Internet of thiNgs (Project funded by Europe)Watch this 2' Video presenting ORSHIN project, which goal is to create the first generic and integrated methodology, called trusted lifecycle, to develop secure...

2023/09/03 – Read our paper! RISC-V: 3 countermeasures to prevent from linear code extraction

"Lightweight Countermeasures Against Original Linear Code Extraction Attacks on a RISC-V Core"Our paper, presented, demonstrated and published at 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST), is now readable on IEEE XploreAuthors:...

2023/04/17 – Lightweight Countermeasures Preventing Against Linear Code Extraction Attacks on a RISC-V

HOST, San José, 1-4 May 2023Partners Mines Saint-Etienne, CEA Leti and Texplained will present a paper and a practical demo of a physical attack allowing extraction of encrypted chips and 3 different countermeasures to prevent from them. There are 2...

2023/03/03 – Practical Invasive Attacks, How Hardware is Hacked For Compatible Product Creation by Thomas Olivier

See how Reverse Engineering is used to create compatible printer cartridges, console remote controllers and other peripherals. From Sample preparation, to reverse engineering, countermeasures circumventing and hack strategization and operation, a concrete case study...

2022/12/16 – Report – Counterfeit, Clones and Genuine Printer Cartridges – HP

As an independent expert lab in IC security, Texplained was mandated by HP Legal Teams to compare Counterfeits, Clones & Genuine Printer Cartridges.The operation consisted in plugging in the different cartridges, observing the behavior of the printers, and...

2020/09/22 – Texplained’s Expertise Serving Europe fights against crime and terrorism

Texplained Leading the Hardware Approach to Extract Essential Information for Decryption in a Major European Project Encrypted mobile phones are often a key factor in criminal cases; the data stored in these devices may contain critical evidence. With most telephones...

2019/07/03 – Integrated Circuit Offensive Security | Olivier Thomas from Texplained | hardwear.io USA 2019

https://media.hardwear.io/integrated-circuit-offensive-security-olivier-thomas/

2019/04/10 – Silicium on the Inside

You've always wanted to see what's inside an Integrated Circuit? This video shows you the internal architecture of a chip, down to its Standard Cell Library....

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On the Impact of Placement on Integrated Circuit Reverse-Engineering

On the Impact of Placement on Integrated Circuit Reverse-Engineering Integrated Circuit (IC) Reverse-Engineering (RE) requires delayering and imagery steps. Those tasks are both challenging as the resulting pictures - made with a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) -...

The problem of IC counterfeiting and its solution

The problem of IC counterfeiting and its solution Clarisse GINET - CEO @Texplained Counterfeit Information and Communication Technology (ICT) goods accounted for 6.5 % of ICT global market in 2013, representing USD 143 bn of loss for the whole related industry...

How it is made : Nintendo Switch game cartridge

How it is made : Nintendo Switch game cartridge Tony Moor - Lab Manager Nintendo release its new hardware and made the choice to store games on cartridges. This will make those the preferred target for hackers that may not have to compromise the console itself to...

Behind the horror are important and real hardware security questions

Behind the horror are important and real hardware security questions Olivier Thomas - Founder and CTO @ Texplained As CTO of Texplained but mainly as a hardware reverse-engineer, I wanted to comment on some of the recent articles I read about extracting the secrets...