Presentation 2021-10-19
Fundamental Study on Hardware Trojan Detection on Cable Using On-chip Sensor
Yo Nishitoba, Shugo Kaji, Masahiro Kinugawa, Daisuke Fujimoto, Yuichi Hayshi,
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Abstract(in English) There have been reports of threats that cause information leakage by inserting Hardware Trojans (HT) into the connection lines around devices. In this threat, HT insertion is assumed not only at the stage of manufacturing, but also during the distribution and operation stage after shipment, and the threat may extend to devices that are not considered to be threatened by HT insertion implemented inside conventional ICs. This paper proposes a method for detecting HT insertion by measuring the changes in electrical characteristics caused by HT insertion using on-chip sensors. Specifically, HT insertion is detected by observing the change in capacitance associated with HT insertion using a capacitance sensor, and detecting the difference from the measurement result when HT is not inserted connection line. In the evaluation experiment, we build an evaluation environment based on the HT insertion method reported in previous studies and observe the change in capacitance on the connected line using an SoC equipped with a constant current source and A/D converter that constitute the capacitance sensor. Then, we show that HT insertion on the connecting line can be detected from the output values of the capacitance sensor before and after HT insertion.
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Keyword(in English) Hardware Trojans / Trojan Detection / On-chip sensor / Capacitance
Paper # HWS2021-48,ICD2021-22
Date of Issue 2021-10-12 (HWS, ICD)

Conference Information
Committee HWS / ICD
Conference Date 2021/10/19(1days)
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Place (in English) Online
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Topics (in English) Hardware Security, etc.
Chair Yasuhisa Shimazaki(Renesas Electronics) / Masafumi Takahashi(Kioxia)
Vice Chair Makoto Nagata(Kobe Univ.) / Daisuke Suzuki(Mitsubishi Electric) / Makoto Ikeda(Univ. of Tokyo)
Secretary Makoto Nagata(NTT) / Daisuke Suzuki(NAIST) / Makoto Ikeda(Osaka Univ.)
Assistant / Kosuke Miyaji(Shinshu Univ.) / Yoshiaki Yoshihara(キオクシア) / Takeshi Kuboki(Kyushu Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Hardware Security / Technical Committee on Integrated Circuits and Devices
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Fundamental Study on Hardware Trojan Detection on Cable Using On-chip Sensor
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Hardware Trojans
Keyword(2) Trojan Detection
Keyword(3) On-chip sensor
Keyword(4) Capacitance
1st Author's Name Yo Nishitoba
1st Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
2nd Author's Name Shugo Kaji
2nd Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
3rd Author's Name Masahiro Kinugawa
3rd Author's Affiliation The University of Fukuchiyama(Fukuchiyama Univ.)
4th Author's Name Daisuke Fujimoto
4th Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
5th Author's Name Yuichi Hayshi
5th Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
Date 2021-10-19
Paper # HWS2021-48,ICD2021-22
Volume (vol) vol.121
Number (no) HWS-206,ICD-207
Page pp.pp.38-42(HWS), pp.38-42(ICD),
#Pages 5
Date of Issue 2021-10-12 (HWS, ICD)