Composable Template Attacks Using Templates for Individual Architectural Components

Bozhi Liu; Roman L Lysecky; Janet Meiling Wang-Roveda

doi:10.1109/ICCD.2018.00012

Composable Template Attacks Using Templates for Individual Architectural Components

Bozhi Liu, Roman L Lysecky, Janet Meiling Wang-Roveda

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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3 Scopus citations

Abstract

With embedded systems and IoT devices being widely deployed nowadays, their security becomes a major concern. Among all possible attacks, side channel attacks (SCA) represent a major source of threats. For power side channels, template attacks have been proven to be efficient and widely applicable. Traditional template attacks require physical access to an identical target device for extensive profiling to construct the attack template. In this paper, we present a composable template attack that relaxes this requirement by constructing the attack template as a composition of templates from individual architectural components, including processor, caches, and memories. The proposed approach enables an attacker to construct a template using only information of a system's components and device models thereof.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 36th International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2018
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1-8
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538684771
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCD.2018.00012
State	Published - Jan 16 2019
Event	36th International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2018 - Orlando, United States Duration: Oct 7 2018 → Oct 10 2018

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Name	Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 36th International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2018

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Conference	36th International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando
Period	10/7/18 → 10/10/18

Keywords

Composable template attack
Embedded system security
Side channel analysis
Template attack

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Hardware and Architecture
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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Liu, B., Lysecky, R. L., & Wang-Roveda, J. M. (2019). Composable Template Attacks Using Templates for Individual Architectural Components. In Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 36th International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2018 (pp. 1-8). Article 8615662 (Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 36th International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2018). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCD.2018.00012

Composable Template Attacks Using Templates for Individual Architectural Components. / Liu, Bozhi; Lysecky, Roman L; Wang-Roveda, Janet Meiling.
Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 36th International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. p. 1-8 8615662 (Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 36th International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2018).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Liu, B, Lysecky, RL & Wang-Roveda, JM 2019, Composable Template Attacks Using Templates for Individual Architectural Components. in Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 36th International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2018., 8615662, Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 36th International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2018, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1-8, 36th International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2018, Orlando, United States, 10/7/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCD.2018.00012

Liu B, Lysecky RL, Wang-Roveda JM. Composable Template Attacks Using Templates for Individual Architectural Components. In Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 36th International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2019. p. 1-8. 8615662. (Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 36th International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2018). doi: 10.1109/ICCD.2018.00012

Liu, Bozhi ; Lysecky, Roman L ; Wang-Roveda, Janet Meiling. / Composable Template Attacks Using Templates for Individual Architectural Components. Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 36th International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. pp. 1-8 (Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 36th International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD 2018).

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