Cache Side-Channel Attacks Through Electromagnetic Emanations of DRAM Accesses

ePrint Report: Cache Side-Channel Attacks Through Electromagnetic Emanations of DRAM Accesses

Julien Maillard, Thomas Hiscock, Maxime Lecomte, Christophe Clavier

Remote side-channel attacks on processors exploit hardware and micro-architectural effects observable from software measurements. So far, the analysis of micro-architectural leakages over physical side-channels (power consumption, electromagnetic field) received little treatment. In this paper, we argue that those attacks are a serious threat, especially against systems such as smartphones and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices which are physically exposed to the end-user. Namely, …

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