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Hardware backdoor

A hardware backdoor is a backdoor implemented within the physical components of a computer system, also known as its hardware. They can be created by introducing malicious code to a component's firmware, or even during the manufacturing process of an integrated circuit. Often, they are used to undermine security in smartcards and cryptoprocessors, unless…

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Hardware backdoor

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples17
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
Components1

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related to history · 13
Hardware backdoor → BIOS, Cisco, FBI, FPGA, In, It, Jonathan Brossard, Linux, Rakshasa, SeaBIOS, SPARC CPU, This, United States
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Hardware backdoor → Hardware, The, They
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Hardware backdoor → backdoor implemented within the physical components of a computer system

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Hardware backdooris abackdoor implemented within the physical components of a computer system0.90text
Hardware backdoorrelated to backgroundThe0.60section
Hardware backdoorrelated to backgroundThey0.60section
Hardware backdoorrelated to backgroundHardware0.60section
Hardware backdoorrelated to historyIn0.60section
Hardware backdoorrelated to historyFBI0.60section
Hardware backdoorrelated to historyCisco0.60section
Hardware backdoorrelated to historyUnited States0.60section
Hardware backdoorrelated to historySPARC CPU0.60section
Hardware backdoorrelated to historyFPGA0.60section
Hardware backdoorrelated to historyLinux0.60section
Hardware backdoorrelated to historyJonathan Brossard0.60section

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