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A comment on Shedding Too Much Light on a Microcontroller's Firmware Protection (2017). Parent comment

Re:Shedding Too Much Light on a Microcontroller's Firmware P... by CapacitorSet on Sunday July 22, 2018 @02:56PM (#17588220)
Eh, it still requires to de-encapsulate the controller, make a mask and expose the controller to UV light, it's not a super easy process.
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Re:Shedding Too Much Light on a Microcontroller's Firmware P... by duskwuff on Sunday July 22, 2018 @04:22PM (#17588729)
I know someone who's able to reliably perform the deprotection attack in their home lab. It takes some practice, but it's well within reach for an attacker with even modest resources.
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