ReVault! Compromised by your Secure SoC

Philippe Laulheret

DEF CON 33 · Day 1 · Main Stage

Philippe Laulheret, a senior vulnerability researcher at Cisco Talos, presents a comprehensive attack chain against Dell's ControlVault 3 — a dedicated security System-on-Chip (SoC) found in over 100

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Full kill chain against Dell ControlVault 3 — the dedicated security SoC in 100+ business laptop models — from heap overflow to credential extraction, entirely from the host OS with no physical access required. Exactly what 'attacking the security component' means in practice.

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