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HDR thesis defence of Paolo Maistri (AMfoRS team): Physical Attacks on Material Targets: Understanding and Protecting

Thesis defence / AMfoRS

On November 19, 2024

Paolo MAISTRI - AMfoRS team
HDR thesis : habilitation to conduct research
Thèse HDR : habilitation à diriger des recherches

Composition of the jury
M. Guy GOGNIAT - Full Professor, Université Bretagne Sud, Rapporteur
Mme Karine HEYDEMANN - Senior Security Expert, Thalés, Rapporteur
M. Sébastien PILLEMENT - Full Professor, Nantes Universités, Rapporteur
M. Lilian BOSSUET - Full Professor, Université Jean Monnet-Saint Etienne, Examinateur
M. Régis LEVEUGLE - Full Professor, Grenoble INP, Examinateur
M. Jean-Baptiste RIGAUD - Associate Professor, Ecole de Mines Saint Etienne, Examinateur
 
Physical Attacks on Material Targets: Understanding and Protecting
The use of embedded systems is increasing rapidly in various areas of life. As sensitive data is
often processed by embedded systems, some form of protection is required to prevent the leakage
or modification of information. The processing and protection algorithms themselves can be
vulnerable to attacks aimed at extracting this sensitive information. Physical attacks, in particular, are
a serious threat to embedded systems.
The most common physical attacks are auxiliary channel attacks and fault injection attacks.
Auxiliary channel attacks are passive physical attacks aimed primarily at exploiting the inadvertent
leakage of information from a device's physical characteristics. Fault injection attacks, on the other
hand, are active, possibly non-invasive, physical attacks in which the attacker intentionally attempts
to modify the normal behavior of a device during program execution by inducing one or more faults,
and then observing the erroneous behavior.
In this context, research into hardware security is based on several axes: hardware gas pedals of
cryptographic primitives or protocols; physical attacks, whether passive or active; and the design of
protection against these attacks, which necessarily requires the creation of models adapted to a
better understanding of the mechanisms exploited by malicious actors.
In this defense, we will review some of the research carried out in recent years in these three
areas, with a particular focus on fault injection attacks and their modeling.
 

Date

On November 19, 2024
Complément date

19/11/2024 - 14:00

Localisation

Complément lieu

Grenoble INP - Amphi Barbillon
46 avenue Félix Viallet 
38000 Grenoble

Zoom link: https://univ-grenoble-alpes-fr.zoom.us/j/98727332944?pwd=1njMBbnUmKdlbY…
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Code secret : 794512

Submitted on October 18, 2024

Updated on October 18, 2024