Title :
API-level attacks on embedded systems
Author :
Bond, Mike ; Anderson, Ross
Author_Institution :
Cambridge Univ., UK
fDate :
10/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We have recently discovered a whole new family of attacks on the APIs (application programming interfaces) used by security processors. These attacks are economically important, as security processors are used to support a wide range of services - from ATMs (automated teller machines) to pre-payment utility metering - but designing APIs that resist such attacks is difficult
Keywords :
application program interfaces; automatic teller machines; computer crime; economics; embedded systems; metering; microprocessor chips; API-level attacks; application programming interfaces; automated teller machines; economics; embedded systems; prepayment utility metering; security processors; Counting circuits; Cryptography; Embedded system; Environmental economics; Pins; Power generation economics; Protocols; Resists; Security; Smart cards;
