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CPEH-001 · Question #750

Robert, a professional hacker, is attempting to execute a fault injection attack on a target IoT device. In this process, he injects faults into the power supply that can be used for remote…

The correct answer is D. Power/clock/reset glitching. Power/Clock/Reset Glitching These types of attacks occur when faults or glitches are injected into the power supply that can be used for remote execution, also causing the skipping of key instructions. Faults can also be injected into the clock network used for delivering a…

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Question

Robert, a professional hacker, is attempting to execute a fault injection attack on a target IoT device. In this process, he injects faults into the power supply that can be used for remote execution, also causing the skipping of key instructions. He also injects faults into the clock network used for delivering a synchronized signal across the chip. Which of the following types of fault injection attack is performed by Robert in the above scenario?

Options

  • AFrequency/voltage tampering
  • BOptical, electromagnetic fault injection (EMFI)
  • CTemperature attack
  • DPower/clock/reset glitching

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    11% (5)
  • C
    6% (3)
  • D
    81% (38)

Explanation

Power/Clock/Reset Glitching These types of attacks occur when faults or glitches are injected into the power supply that can be used for remote execution, also causing the skipping of key instructions. Faults can also be injected into the clock network used for delivering a synchronized signal across the chip.

Topics

#fault injection#IoT security#power glitching#clock glitching

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