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Threat Analysis and Countermeasure Techniques for Hardware Trojans using Radio-frequency Communication

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K18053
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 60070:Information security-related
Research InstitutionThe University of Fukuchiyama (2020-2021)
Sendai National College of Technology (2018-2019)

Principal Investigator

Kinugawa Masahiro  福知山公立大学, 情報学部, 准教授 (00710691)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords電磁波セキュリティ / ハードウェアトロイ / 真正性保証 / 環境電磁工学 / 情報セキュリティ / ハードウェアセキュリティ / 電磁情報セキュリティ / 情報システム / 電磁環境 / 意図的電磁妨害 / 電磁情報漏えい
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research has developed fundamental technologies to guarantee the authenticity of the electric circuits, which are modified with hardware Trojans (HT), which use intentional electromagnetic interferences (IEMI) to trigger HT’s malicious function, which leaks information via radio wave. This research calls the HT using IEMI RFHT (radio-frequency HT). The following technologies were developed to achieve the above goals. (1) Verification of decreasing information confidentiality caused by RFHT excited with IEMI. (2) Analysis of changes in electrical parameters of the target electrical circuit when the RFHT is inserted. (3) Self-checking method of the authenticity of the target circuit, which detects RFHT insertions.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

電子機器の電子回路は情報セキュリティの信頼性の根源(Root of Trust)であるが、その真正性維持については十分な議論がなされておらず、電子回路への回路改変攻撃が行われた場合、上位レイヤでの情報保護技術による検出は困難であり、その回路上で動作するOSやアプリケーションソフトウェアの信頼性の低下を招く脅威となる。本研究では、攻撃の痕跡が残らない無線を用いたハードウェアトロージャン(RFHT)による電子機器の情報機密性低下について検証を行うと共に、情報セキュリティ、環境電磁工学の2分野の知見を併せ、電子回路レベルでRFHTによる回路の真正性低下を検出可能な基礎的な自己診断技術を開発した。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 3 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Electromagnetic Information Extortion from Electronic Devices Using Interceptor and Its Countermeasure2019

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Kinugawa, Daisuke Fujimoto, Yuichi Hayashi
    • Journal Title

      IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems (TCHES)

      Volume: 2019 Pages: 62-90

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Board-Level Hardware Trojan Detection Using Sensing Function of on-Board ICs in IT Devices2021

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Kinugawa, Yuichi Hayashi
    • Organizer
      2021 Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility (APEMC 2021)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Possibility of Injecting Malicious Instructions from Legitimate Communication Channels by IEMI2020

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Kinugawa, Yuichi Hayashi
    • Organizer
      2020 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility & Signal/Power Integrity (EMCSI)
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] A Study on Feasibility of Electromagnetic Information Leakage Caused Forcibly by Low-Power IEMI2019

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Kinugawa, Yuichi Hayashi
    • Organizer
      2019 Joint International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility and Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Sapporo (EMC Sapporo & APEMC 2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 電磁照射による意図的な情報漏えい誘発時の上限周波数に関する基礎検討2019

    • Author(s)
      西鳥羽陽, 衣川昌宏
    • Organizer
      2019年度電気関係学会東北支部連合大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 電磁照射による意図的な情報漏えい誘発時に生ずる自己干渉波の抑制に関する基礎検討2018

    • Author(s)
      川上莉穂, 鍛治秀伍, 衣川昌宏, 藤本大介, 林優一
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会 ハードウェアセキュリティ研究会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] A Feasibility Study of Radio-frequency Retroreflector Attack2018

    • Author(s)
      S. Wakabayashi, S. Maruyama, T. Mori, S. Goto, M. Kinugawa and Y. hayashi
    • Organizer
      12th USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies (WOOT '18)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 意図的な電磁波注入による漏えい情報の制御に関する基礎検討2018

    • Author(s)
      硲マーティン, 衣川昌宏, 藤本大介, 林優一
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会 ソサイエティ大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 月刊EMC「電磁的セキュリティと情報通信機器の信頼性確保 ハードウェアトロイによる情報漏えいの脅威 」2021

    • Author(s)
      林優一, 衣川昌宏
    • Total Pages
      10
    • Publisher
      科学技術出版
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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