Toward Automated Firmware Analysis in the IoT Era

Toward Automated Firmware Analysis in the IoT Era

Firmware for Internet of Things devices can contain malicious code or vulnerabilities, which have already been used in devastating attacks. In this article, we discuss the problems in analyzing firmware for security, offer case studies, and propose challenge tasks to improve firmware analysis.

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE security & privacy 2019-09, Vol.17 (5), p.38-46
Hauptverfasser: Hernandez, Grant, Fowze, Farhaan, Tian, Dave Jing, Yavuz, Tuba, Traynor, Patrick, Butler, Kevin R.B.
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analytical models
Firmware
Hardware
Internet of Things
Malware
Microprogramming
Performance evaluation
Security
Static analysis
Universal Serial Bus
Vulnerability
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Zusammenfassung:Firmware for Internet of Things devices can contain malicious code or vulnerabilities, which have already been used in devastating attacks. In this article, we discuss the problems in analyzing firmware for security, offer case studies, and propose challenge tasks to improve firmware analysis.
ISSN:1540-7993
1558-4046
DOI:10.1109/MSEC.2019.2926462