New Calls For A Common Hardware Vulnerability Database At Black Hat

A Black Hat roundtable discussed embedded system security, covering topics such as ARM TrustZone adoption, the prevalence of insecure open-source boards (e.g., Arduino) in production, the economics of hardware remediation, and the need to quantify hardware vulnerabilities similarly to software CVEs. Panelists debated threat models, firmware update realities, and the challenges small vendors face when fixing hardware security issues, with follow-up notes promised by the moderator.