MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621017907 A) filed by Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Maharashtra, on Feb. 18, for 'a system for detection of malicious logic in embedded hardware devices and method thereof.'
Inventor(s) include Mane Sushant; Markar Khalid Ahmed; Shah Manav; Purav Aryaman; Gharpure Nikhita; Pandhare Aryaan; Dr. Kazi, Faruk; Dr. Udmale Sandeep; and Dr. Kanakgiri Krishna.
The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Present invention relates to a system for detection of malicious logic in embedded hardware devices and method thereof. Specifically it discloses a multi-layered system and method for the automated detection of embedded malware and hardware Trojans in critical infrastructure devices within the power sector. The invention unifies hardware side-channel analysis, firmware reverse engineering, and automated binary exploitation into a single forensic pipeline. The method comprises capturing power consumption signatures to identify physical modifications (Hardware Trojans) and extracting firmware binaries via hardware interfaces like JTAG and UART to perform MD5-based integrity validation. The system further integrates YARA rules and VirusTotal APIs to perform real-time scanning for malicious backdoors and Command-and-Control (C2) infrastructure. By correlating physical-layer anomalies with logical-layer code discrepancies, the invention provides a non-destructive, scalable, and high-accuracy diagnostic framework for securing Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and IoT devices against sophisticated supply chain attacks."
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