# Insights into the Mind of a Trojan Designer: The Challenge to Integrate a Trojan into the Bitstream

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.01517 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1910.01517/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 1 Oct 2019.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Evil from Within: Machine Learning Backdoors through Hardware Trojans](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2304.08411/) (2023)

## Abstract (arXiv)

The threat of inserting hardware Trojans during the design, production, or in-field poses a danger for integrated circuits in real-world applications. A particular critical case of hardware Trojans is the malicious manipulation of third-party FPGA configurations. In addition to attack vectors during the design process, FPGAs can be infiltrated in a non-invasive manner after shipment through alterations of the bitstream. First, we present an improved methodology for bitstream file format reversing. Second, we introduce a novel idea for Trojan insertion.