The Achilles' Heel of Partial Reconfiguration: Optical Side-Channel Leakage on the 7-Series ICAP

Major FPGA manufacturers have incorporated bitstream encryption to protect sensitive configuration data. However, for the most widely used FPGA families, multiple attacks against unpatchable protection schemes hard-wired into the devices can bypass or fully break them, making patchable schemes...

Optical Side-Channel Probing of the Internal Configuration Access Port (ICAP) on AMD 7-Series FPGAs

Revisions Revision Date| Description ---|--- 2026-09-14| Acknowledgement updates 2026-09-02| Initial version...

One Video to Steal Them All: 3D-Printing IP Theft through Optical Side-Channels

The 3D printing industry is rapidly growing and increasingly adopted across various sectors including manufacturing, healthcare, and defense. However, the operational setup often involves hazardous environments, necessitating remote monitoring through cameras and other sensors, which opens the do...