Breaking the Black-Box Security Coprocessor in the Nintendo Switch - A Story of Vulnerability After Vulnerability

Breaking the Black-Box Security Coprocessor in the Nintendo Switch - A Story of Vulnerability After Vulnerability

Dive into an in-depth exploration of attacking and gaining arbitrary code execution at the highest security level of the security coprocessor used on the Tegra X1, specifically in the context of the Nintendo Switch. Learn about the process of breaking the black-box security coprocessor, uncovering a series of vulnerabilities that led to this breakthrough. Gain insights into the technical challenges faced and the methods employed to overcome them in this 40-minute conference talk presented by Elise Mansbridge at GPN21.