Studying developers is an important aspect of usable security and privacy research. In
particular, studying security development challenges such as the usability of security APIs …

Software reverse engineering is a challenging and time consuming task. With the growing
demand for reverse engineering in vulnerability discovery and malware analysis, manual …

Reverse engineering is a complex task. As with many other expert tasks, reverse engineers
rely on colleagues and the broader reverse engineering community to provide guidance and …

Understanding of microchips, known as Hardware Reverse Engineering (HRE), is driven by
analysts' problem solving. This work sheds light on these hitherto poorly understood …

Trust in digital systems depends on secure hardware, often assured through HRE. This work
develops methods for investigating human problem-solving processes in HRE, an …

Microchips are fundamental components of modern electronic devices, yet they remain
opaque to the users who rely on them daily. This opacity, compounded by the complexity of …

Over the last decade attacks have repetitively demonstrated that bitstream protection for
SRAM-based FPGAs is a persistent problem without a satisfying solution in practice. Hence …

In the ISO definitions of usability, user satisfaction is specified as an element and
effectiveness and efficiency. Jakob Nielsen, who is well known for his work on usability in …

Hardware Reverse Engineering (HRE) is a technique for analyzing Integrated Circuits (ICs).
Experts employ HRE for security-critical tasks, such as detecting Trojans or intellectual …

This research delves into Hardware Reverse Engineering, specifically focusing on hardware
manipulation. It leverages the Supply Chain attack vector and conducts a practical …