Glitched on Earth by Humans - A Black-Box Security Evaluation of the SpaceX Starlink User Terminal

Explore a groundbreaking black-box hardware security evaluation of the SpaceX Starlink User Terminal in this 33-minute conference talk from Black Hat. Delve into the custom quad-core Cortex-A53 System-on-Chip (SoC) that powers the terminal, examining its verified boot process based on ARM trusted firmware (TF-A). Discover how the presenter, Lennert Wouters, successfully bypassed firmware signature verification during the ROM bootloader execution using voltage fault injection, despite custom countermeasures. Gain insights into the security challenges and vulnerabilities of satellite communication systems, and understand the implications for future space-based technologies.