Title

Insecure Boot

Authors

Andrea Barisani andrea.barisani@f-secure.com

First presentation

November 2019 - PacSec

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOrc7XvdPgU&t=1423s

Abstract

Secure Boot schemes are a fundamental security feature which enables hardware trust anchor necessary to achieve unattended confidentiality and integrity on embedded systems deployed in the field. An ever increasing number of safety critical embedded systems, such as vehicle infotainment or telematics units, leverage on such feature to protect sensitive assets such as Intellectual Property, certificates or Personally Identifiable Information (PIP).

This presentation delves in real-life experiences in developing, testing and compromising Secure Boot schemes of all kind, aimed at proposing practices, techniques and frameworks to improve the security of its various implementations.