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Side Channel Analysis attacks take advantage of the information leaked from the implementations of cryptographic algorithms. In this paper we describe two key revealing methods which are based on machine learning algorithms: K-means and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-01-06 Marcin Aftowicz , Ievgen Kabin , Dan Klann , Yauhen Varabei , Zoya Dyka , Peter Langendoerfer

Side-channel attacks on memory (SCAM) exploit unintended data leaks from memory subsystems to infer sensitive information, posing significant threats to system security. These attacks exploit vulnerabilities in memory access patterns, cache…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-09 MD Mahady Hassan , Shanto Roy , Reza Rahaeimehr

Various side-channel attacks (SCAs) on ICs have been successfully demonstrated and also mitigated to some degree. In the context of 3D ICs, however, prior art has mainly focused on efficient implementations of classical SCA countermeasures.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-06-07 Johann Knechtel , Ozgur Sinanoglu

This paper demonstrates a power analysis-based Side-Channel Analysis (SCA) attack on the SNOW-V encryption algorithm, which is a 5G mobile communication security standard candidate. Implemented on an STM32 microcontroller, power traces…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-29 Deepak , Rahul Balout , Anupam Golder , Suparna Kundu , Angshuman Karmakar , Debayan Das

Side Channel Analysis (SCA) relaxes the black-box assumption of conventional cryptanalysis by incorporating physical measurements acquired during cryptographic operations. Electro-magnetic (EM) emissions of a chip during computations often…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Elie Bursztein , Michael Gruber , Karel Král , Jean-Michel Picod , Matthias Probst , Georg Sigl

The gamut of todays internet-connected embedded devices has led to increased concerns regarding the security and confidentiality of data. Most internet-connected embedded devices employ mathematically secure cryptographic algorithms to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Archisman Ghosh

With the recent advancements in machine learning theory, many commercial embedded micro-processors use neural network models for a variety of signal processing applications. However, their associated side-channel security vulnerabilities…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-03-30 Saurav Maji , Utsav Banerjee , Anantha P. Chandrakasan

Side channel attacks (SCAs) remain a significant threat to the security of cryptographic systems in modern embedded devices. Even mathematically secure cryptographic algorithms, when implemented in hardware, inadvertently leak information…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-08-23 Archisman Ghosh , Dong-Hyun Seo , Debayan Das , Santosh Ghosh , Shreyas Sen

Traditionally, power side-channel analysis requires physical access to the target device, as well as specialized devices to measure the power consumption with enough precision. Recently research has shown that on x86 platforms, on-chip…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Nikhil Chawla , Chen Liu , Abhishek Chakraborty , Igor Chervatyuk , Ke Sun , Thais Moreira Hamasaki , Henrique Kawakami

Side-channel analysis (SCA) poses a real-world threat by exploiting unintentional physical signals to extract secret information from secure devices. Evaluation labs also use the same techniques to certify device security. In recent years,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-21 Sengim Karayalçin , Marina Krček , Stjepan Picek

This work presents a new tool to verify the correctness of cryptographic implementations with respect to cache attacks. Our methodology discovers vulnerabilities that are hard to find with other techniques, observed as exploitable leakage.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-09-07 Gorka Irazoqui , Kai Cong , Xiaofei Guo , Hareesh Khattri , Arun Kanuparthi , Thomas Eisenbarth , Berk Sunar

Cryptography is vital for data security, but cryptographic algorithms can still be vulnerable to side-channel attacks (SCAs), physical assaults exploiting power consumption and EM radiation. SCAs pose a significant threat to cryptographic…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-02-16 Muhammad Rusyaidi Zunaidi , Asanka Sayakkara , Mark Scanlon

Cybersecurity continues to be a difficult issue for society especially as the number of networked systems grows. Techniques to protect these systems range from rules-based to artificial intelligence-based intrusion detection systems and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-05-10 Paul Maxwell , David Niblick , Daniel C. Ruiz

Hardware Trojans have drawn the attention of academia, industry and government agencies. Effective detection mechanisms and countermeasures against such malicious designs can only be developed when there is a deep understanding of how…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-10-03 Samaneh Ghandali , Thorben Moos , Amir Moradi , Christof Paar

Attacks based on side-channel analysis (SCA) pose a severe security threat to modern computing platforms, further exacerbated on IoT devices by their pervasiveness and handling of private and critical data. Designing SCA-resistant computing…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Davide Zoni , Andrea Galimberti , Davide Galli

Recent work on Side Channel Analysis (SCA) targets old, well-known vulnerabilities, even previously exploited, reported, and patched in high-profile cryptography libraries. Nevertheless, researchers continue to find and exploit the same…

Cryptographic libraries, an essential part of cybersecurity, are shown to be susceptible to different types of attacks, including side-channel and memory-corruption attacks. In this article, we examine popular cryptographic libraries in…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Rodothea Myrsini Tsoupidi , Elena Troubitsyna , Panos Papadimitratos

Spin Transfer Torque RAM (STTRAM) is a promising candidate for Last Level Cache (LLC) due to high endurance, high density and low leakage. One of the major disadvantages of STTRAM is high write latency and write current. Additionally, the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-03-23 Nitin Rathi , Helia Naeimi , Swaroop Ghosh

In recent years a new class of side-channel attacks has emerged. Instead of targeting device emissions during dynamic computation, adversaries now frequently exploit the leakage or response behaviour of integrated circuits in a static…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-09 Robert Dumitru , Thorben Moos , Andrew Wabnitz , Yuval Yarom

Side-channel attacks have become prominent attack surfaces in cyberspace. Attackers use the side information generated by the system while performing a task. Among the various side-channel attacks, cache side-channel attacks are leading as…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-12-19 Ankit Pulkit , Smita Naval , Vijay Laxmi