In this talk, I will first introduce Intellectual Property Encapsulation, the confidential computing feature of Texas Instruments MSP430 microcontrollers, and multiple vulnerabilities we have found in it. Then, I will propose two methods of mitigating these vulnerabilities: first, a software-only solution that can be deployed on existing devices; second, a standard-compliant reimplementation of the hardware on an open-source CPU with more advanced security features and an extensive testing framework.

Attacks and software mitigation: https://github.com/martonbognar/ipe-exposure Open-source hardware design and security testing: https://github.com/martonbognar/openipe