26.180 Additional Notes on Laser Fault Injection

https://www.boeing.com/space/x37b

Additional Notes on Laser Fault Injection 

A powerful version onboard the X-37B to capture and control Red Team satellites would be a fun experiment

Low Earth Orbit Visualization https://platform.leolabs.space/visualization

Low Earth Orbit Visualization Example

Silicon is opaque to visible light but becomes translucent at longer IR wavelengths

IR photons can travel much deeper into the hardware substrate, thus allowing the wavelengths to penetrate the silicon die in order to access firmware

Planck’s Equation E = hv

infrared (λ = 4 x 10-4 m)

crystal oscillator with a programmable FPGA-based clock to sychronize with chip

time to digital converter (TDC)

increased power or enhanced optics actively visualize logic-level switching on chip

bit-flips in control registers on chip

laser fault injection attack (LFIA)

https://github.com/barleyjohn/High-Precision-Laser-Fault-Injection-using-Low-cost-Components

High Precision Laser Fault Injection using Low-cost Components https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9300265

https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/hardware-and-embedded-systems-penetration-testing/rayv-lite-open-source-laser-injection-tool/

DELFINES: Detecting Laser Fault Injection Attacks via Digital Sensors https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024ITCAD..43..774E/abstract