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Differential Electromagnetic Attacks on a 32-bit Microprocessor Using Software Defined Radios

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David Montminy *
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Rusty O. Baldwin
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Michael A. Temple
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Mark E. Oxley
DOI:10.1109/TIFS.2013.2287600delete
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Side-channel analysis has been used to successfully attack many cryptographic systems. However, to improve trace quality and make collection of side-channel data easier, the attacker typically modifies the target device to add a trigger signal. This trigger implies a very powerful attacker with virtually complete control over the device. This paper describes a method to collect side-channel data using a software defined radio (SDR) in real-time without requiring a collection device trigger. A correlation-based frequency-dependent leakage mapping technique is introduced to evaluate a 32-bit microprocessor, revealing that individual key bytes leak at different frequencies. Key byte-dependent leakage is observed in both SDR collected and triggered oscilloscope-based collections (which serve to validate the SDR data). This research is the first to demonstrate effective differential attack using SDRs. Successful attacks are presented using two SDRs, including a US$20 digital television receiver with modified drivers.
Keywords:
Side-channel analysis
information leakage
differential attack
software defined radio
frequency mapping
sub-Nyquist
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IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security cover
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