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Microprocessor hacking
Hacking software is said to be the old technique to gaining access to someone else’s computer system. The University of Illinois say the next level is for microprocessor hacking itself.
The research found that altering the processor could actually leave computer systems helpless to back-door attacks. Apparently hacking the chip was the easy part. The process requires few changes to only few parts of the processors circuitry.
The process of hacking the processor was executed by altering 1,341 logic gates of the chips one million logic gates. From the software aspect the processor would then need to be sent a special network packet which loaded a malicious firmware giving complete access to the attacker.
The only problem with the attack technique the attacker would need to physically get access to that computer. The likely way of using this technique would be to implement the hack during development stages of the processors. Would any employees be bribed to do so?
