An Automated Framework for Generating Stealthy Cell-Embedded Hardware Trojans

arXiv:2607.07049 · cs.CR · Submitted 2026-07-08 · Read on arXiv

Raghul Saravanan, Sudipta Paria, Sai Manoj P D, Swarup Bhunia

cs.CR

Submitted: 2026-07-08

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Hardware Trojan — 34× in this paper
• Benchmark — 14× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Integrated Circuit — 4× in this paper
• Benchmarking — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• VLSI Test Symposium — 2× in this paper
• Abstraction — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Adaptability — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Logic Equivalence Checking — 1× in this paper
• Reinforcement Learning — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Verification — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• SynFuzz: Leveraging Fuzzing of Netlist to Detect Synthesis Bugs

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