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ESC is an educational, research-oriented tournament aimed at hacking into the hardware of embedded systems. First run in 2008, it is the oldest hardware security competition in the world, 2024 represents ESC's 17-year anniversary.

Past ESC competitions have focused on data exfiltration attacks against IoT devices, hacking the firmware of a RISC-V wifi access point and executing side channel/fault injection attacks using a popular ChipWhisperer board.

 

This year's ESC focuses on side channel attacks (SCA) on cyber-physical systems (CPS). Cyber-physical systems are used by hundreds of industries and in many critical infrastructure systems. If these CPSs are not properly setup they can leak information even if they are using cryptographically secure software. This year, teams will investigate a range of SCAs on an Arduino Uno based CPS running several firmware that expose various side channels.

 

The event comprises a qualification and a competition phase where teams will be able to explore several variations of a CPS and exploit side channels they find while suggesting mitigations for the found exploits.

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competition timeline

09 September 2024
23 September 2024
30 September 2024
01 November 2024, 11:59 EST
6-9 November 2024
Registration with HotCRP system deadline
Qualification reports due in HotCRP
Announcement of teams qualified to the final phase
Final PDF report uploaded to HotCRP
Competition Dates (Global)

(All deadlines are 11:59 pm eastern US timezone)

Competition Details
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competition organizers

The competition is organized under the supervision of Assistant Professor Nektarios Tsoutsos and the global challenge leads at the University of Delaware. 

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2024 winners

Congratulations to our winning teams! 
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2023 winners

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2022 winners

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2023 Winners
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2021 winners

Congratulations to our winning teams! 
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2021 finalists

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