Side-Channel Attacks  Stefan FODOR(backb0ne fl00d3r )  1 day before June 'couse the true 1337 hax0rs don't care about vulnerabilities
Overview What is side channel attack
Classes of side channel attack
Examples
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Side Channel Attacks Attack on cryptosystem
Informations gained from the physical implementation Not brute-force
Nor known vulnerabilities Requires advances  knowledges Hurraaayy.. no script kiddies!
Classes Timing attacks
Power monitoring attacks

Side channel attacks

Editor's Notes

  • #4 Not to be confused with social engineering
  • #6 * 2 guys from Stanford University * timming usualy performed on smartcard reader * a lot of math and graphs
  • #7 * Each key sounds different * University of Berkeley * September 2005 * use of statistics: the more likely then tjw
  • #8 * March 2011 * works from 2 meters away
  • #9 Cache as RAM