CPU Design Can Warn of Backdoor Tampering

Author: Donald Sears

May 13, 2010 1:47 pm

Scientists have devised a chip design to ensure microprocessors haven’t
been surreptitiously equipped with malicious backdoors that could be
used to siphon sensitive information or receive instructions from
adversaries. Read the full article. [The Register]

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