Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have recently established their capacity to provide cost-
effective and credible solutions for various real-world scenarios. UAVs provide an immense …

In the context of hardware trust and assurance, reverse engineering has been often
considered as an illegal action. Generally speaking, reverse engineering aims to retrieve …

In the 21st century, the industry of drones, also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs),
has witnessed a rapid increase with its large number of airspace users. The tremendous …

Hardware manipulations pose a serious threat to numerous systems, ranging from a myriad
of smart-X devices to military systems. In many attack scenarios an adversary merely has …

Electronic systems rely on efficient hardware, popularly known as system-on-chip (SoC), to
support its core functionalities. A typical SoC consists of diverse components gathered from …

Abstract In today's Integrated Circuit (IC) production chains, a designer's valuable
Intellectual Property (IP) is transparent to diverse stakeholders and thus inevitably prone to …

The discipline of reverse engineering integrated circuits (ICs) is as old as the technology
itself. It grew out of the need to analyze competitor's products and detect possible IP …

Reverse engineering of integrated circuits, ie, understanding the internals of IC, is required
for many benign and malicious applications. Examples of the former are detection of patent …

Hardware reverse engineering is a powerful and universal tool for both security engineers
and adversaries. From a defensive perspective, it allows for detection of intellectual property …

Intellectual Property (IP) includes ideas, innovations, methodologies, works of authorship
(viz., literary and artistic works), emblems, brands, images, etc. This property is intangible …