by Simha Sethumadhavan on Jun 1, 2017 | Tags: Architecture, Hardware, Policy, Security
What should academics do if they come across a hardware 0-day attack? Obviously, disseminate. But before the vulnerability is made public, it is important to responsibly disclose the vulnerability to the vendor to give them a chance to fix it. If the vendor determines...
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by Simha Sethumadhavan on May 31, 2017 | Tags: Architecture, Hardware, Policy, Security
What should governments do when they discover a hardware 0-day? In the US, as a matter of policy, any vulnerability that is deemed to affect critical infrastructure is disclosed to the vendors by the government [VEP]. The government can hide vulnerabilities (and...
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by Simha Sethumadhavan on May 25, 2017 | Tags: Architecture, Hardware, Policy, Security
[Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a series of micro-blogs over four consecutive days.] 0-day security exploits are attacks that use vulnerabilities that are unknown to a vendor. They are referred to as 0-days because the vendor knows about them for zero...
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