Lessons from the Hardware Hacking Competitions: Verification Techniques, Findings, and Insights

arXiv:2608.22202v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Hardware hacking competitions have emerged as practical platforms for evaluating security weaknesses in complex System-on-Chip (SoC) designs while promoting security-aware verification and tool development. This paper presents a systematic study of SoC security verification through open-box hardware hacking competitions, focusing on practical vulnera