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		tasty_freeze on Dec 11, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Plundervolt: Software-Based Fault Injection Attack... I understanding how screwing with the voltage can cause execution errors. If a random flop somewhere in the design flips state (or fails to when it should) the resulting behavior could be anything, including hanging the chip. How does such a random event get turned into an exploit?

panpanna on Dec 12, 2019 [–]

There are a bunch of different methods but the old school method was mainly to make a control point to make an incorrect decision.

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