Side channel attacks against hardware targets often appear difficult to software specialists. Power analysis attacks are a class of side channel attacks relying on sampling a devices power consumption during cryptographic operations. This talk will focus on setup and implementation for differential power analysis attacks against DES and include a brief overview of both simple and template power analysis attacks. We begin with an introduction to power analysis attacks, hardware requirements and setup. Then, an implementation of a differential power analysis attack will be shown against a simple target.
Timur Duehr is a Senior Security Consultant at Matasano Security with over eight years computer consulting experience and a Master's degree in Mathematics. His professional experience includes application development, security assessment, and code review. At Matasano he develops security assessment tools, maintains Ragweed and Buby, performs blackbox and code assisted penetration tests, and source code audits. He has tested applications employing numerous technologies. Previously, he has presented at Blackhat USA, OWASP Chicago, and Black Hat Arsenal.
Alex Balducci is a Security Consultant at Matasano.