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Sep 4 |
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L01: Introduction to Embedded Security |
| 2 |
Sep 7 |
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Lab Safety Guidelines |
| 3 |
Sep 8 |
Due Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 11:45AM |
PreLab 01: Introduction to Electronic Benchtop Tools for Measuring Embedded Security |
| 4 |
Sep 8 |
Due Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 11:45AM |
Lab 01: Introduction to Electronic Benchtop Tools for Measuring Embedded Security |
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Sep 8 |
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L02: Threat Modeling |
| 6 |
Sep 8 |
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"On the Importance of Checking Cryptographic Protocols for Faults" by Boneh et al., EuroCrypt 1997. |
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Sep 15 |
Due Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 11:45AM |
Essay 01: Fault injection attacks on smartcards |
| 8 |
Sep 15 |
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L03: Signals and Systems Refresher |
| 9 |
Sep 15 |
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"Risks of trusting the physics of sensors" by Fu et al., Communications of the ACM 2018. |
| 10 |
Sep 15 |
Due Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 11:45AM |
PreLab 02: Aliasing and Sound |
| 11 |
Sep 18 |
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"WALNUT: Waging Doubt on the Integrity of MEMS Accelerometers with Acoustic Injection Attacks" by Trippel et al., EuroS&P 2017. |
| 12 |
Sep 19 |
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L04: Transduction Attacks and EMI |
| 13 |
Sep 22 |
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L05: Sound and Sensors |
| 14 |
Sep 22 |
Due Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 11:45AM |
Lab 02: Acoustic Injections Against Accelerometers Exploiting Signal Aliasing |
| 15 |
Oct 2 |
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L06: Sound and Confidentiality “Everything is a Microphone” |
| 16 |
Oct 2 |
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"Blue Note: How Intentional Acoustic Interference Damages Availability and Integrity in Hard Disk Drives and Operating Systems" by Bolton et al., IEEE S&P 2018. |
| 17 |
Oct 2 |
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Design Project: Protecting the Security of Voice-Controlled Systems from Laser Injection Attacks |
| 18 |
Oct 3 |
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L07: Analog Security of Cyber-Physical Systems: A Sound Story of Sensors |
| 19 |
Oct 6 |
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L08: Sound and Availability |
| 20 |
Oct 6 |
Due Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 11:45AM |
Prelab 03: Ultrasound & Nonlinear Intermodulation |
| 21 |
Oct 6 |
Due Mon, Nov 3, 2025 at 11:45AM |
Lab 03: Ultrasound & Nonlinear Intermodulation |
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Oct 9 |
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Guest Lecture: When Security & Hardware Meet: Key Concepts and Applications |
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Oct 30 |
Due Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 11:45AM |
Lab 04: Laser Injection Against MEMS Microphones |
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Nov 6 |
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L09: Clocks, Time Travel, & Fuming Nitric Acid |
| 25 |
Nov 10 |
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L10: I Intended That: Using EMI to
Control Digital Systems |
| 26 |
Nov 17 |
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Project Tournament Procedure and Rubric |
| 27 |
Nov 17 |
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L11: Physical Security in FPGA circuits |
| 28 |
Dec 3 |
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Project: Voice Command and Defense Methods |