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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2019
The Trustees of Columbia University IN the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Ang Cui, New York, NY (US);
Salvatore J. Stolfo, New York, NY (US);
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and media for inhibiting attacks on embedded devices are provided. In some embodiments, a system for inhibiting on embedded devices is provided, the system comprises a processor that is configured to: identify an embedded device that is configured to provide one or more services to one or more digital processing devices within a communications network; receive a first firmware associated with the embedded device; generate a second firmware that is functionally equivalent to the first firmware by: determining unused code within the first firmware; removing the unused code within the second firmware; and restructuring remaining code portions of the first firmware into memory positions within the second firmware; and inject the second firmware into the embedded device.