Firmware Glossary
Browse 8 firmware terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
8 Firmware Terms
- Embedded Device Security
- The protection of software, firmware, hardware interfaces, and update mechanisms in embedded systems such as routers, medical devices, and industrial...
- Firmware Analysis
- Firmware Analysis is the examination of firmware images or runtime behavior to identify vulnerabilities, secrets, or malicious changes. Security teams use it...
- Firmware Exploitation
- Firmware Exploitation is the abuse of weaknesses in firmware to gain persistence, bypass higher-level controls, or subvert boot trust. Security teams use it to...
- Firmware Security
- The protection of low-level software embedded in devices against tampering, malicious updates, extraction, and unsafe configuration. Firmware security often...
- Firmware Update
- A replacement or modification of device firmware to fix bugs, patch vulnerabilities, add features, or change hardware behavior. From a security standpoint,...
- IoT Firmware
- The low-level software running on internet-connected embedded devices such as smart cameras, sensors, locks, or appliances. IoT firmware is a major security...
- OpenWrt
- An open-source Linux-based operating system for routers and embedded networking devices. In networking culture, OpenWrt is valued for turning commodity...
- ROM
- Read-Only Memory — a type of non-volatile storage whose contents are written once (during manufacturing or via a programmer) and cannot be modified during...
Related Topics
- Iot (2 terms in common)
- Embedded Systems (2 terms in common)
- Hardware (2 terms in common)
- Platform Security (1 terms in common)
- Analysis (1 terms in common)
- Updates (1 terms in common)
- Memory (1 terms in common)
- Device Security (1 terms in common)
- Networking (1 terms in common)
- Exploitation (1 terms in common)
- Secure Boot (1 terms in common)
- Open Source (1 terms in common)
- Reverse Engineering (1 terms in common)