Just read article on bitcoinnews about def-con 25 confrence where hackers get together to show off there skills and it looks like a company called cryptotronix is showcasing there tools to open a bitcoin hardware wallet they have a 20 min demo you can prob find it on youtube .jpg)
"The well-known hacker conference Def Con 25 is once again at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on July 27-30. The event schedule has a vast array of hacking exhibits and keynote presentations, but one notable group of Def Con demonstrators on the list claims they will show the audience how to break a bitcoin hardware wallet."
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Great news! I love the defcon talks one day I hope to go myself.
This could be massive and cause madness in the crypto community if it has an impact
Hopefully it gets recorded and doesnt get pulled
Breaking Bitcoin Hardware Wallets
Sunday at 10:00 in Track 3
20 minutes | Demo, Exploit
Josh Datko Principal Engineer, Cryptotronix LLC
Chris Quartier Embedded Engineer, Cryptotronix, LLC
The security of your bitcoins rests entirely in the security of your private key. Bitcoin hardware wallets help protect against software-based attacks to recover or misuse your key. However, hardware attacks on these wallets are not as well studied. In 2015, Jochen Hoenicke was able to extract the private key from a TREZOR using a simple power analysis technique. While that vulnerability was patched, he suggested the Microcontroller on the TREZOR, which is also the same on the KeepKey, may be vulnerable to additional side channel attacks.
In this presentation we will quickly overview fault injection techniques, timing, and power analysis methods using the Open Source Hardware tool, the ChipWhisperer. We then show how to apply these techniques to the STM32F205 which is the MCU on the Trezor and KeepKey. Lastly, we will present our findings of a timing attack vulnerability and conclude with software and hardware recommendations to improve bitcoin hardware wallets. We will show and share our tools and methods to help you get started in breaking your own wallet!*
SOURCE:
https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-25/dc-25-speakers.html
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