Advanced Side-Channel Security in Hardware Systems

This module explores simple power analysis (SPA) attacks through a practical scenario involving a student card access system. Students learn how to analyze power traces from electronic devices to extract sensitive information and understand the fundamentals of physical side-channel attacks.

This module covers differential power analysis (DPA), a more sophisticated attack technique than SPA. Students learn how to collect and analyze multiple power traces to extract cryptographic keys and other sensitive information from electronic systems.

This module focuses on countermeasures against differential power analysis, particularly masking techniques. Students learn about various mitigation strategies and understand how increasing the number of masking shares can improve security against power analysis attacks.

This module explores branch prediction as a potential attack vector in computer systems. Students learn how the branch predictor can leak side-channel information and how this can be exploited in security attacks.

This module examines timing side channels in virtual-to-physical address translation. Students learn about the complexities of address translation and how timing differences can be exploited as side channels in computer systems.