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[openpgp] ECDH Key-Extraction via Low-Bandwidth Electromagnetic Attacks on PCs

2016-02-14 11:24:54
http://eprint.iacr.org/2016/129 h/t to zooko


   Cryptology ePrint Archive: Report 2016/129

*ECDH Key-Extraction via Low-Bandwidth Electromagnetic Attacks on PCs*

/Daniel Genkin and Lev Pachmanov and Itamar Pipman and Eran Tromer/

*Abstract:*We present the first physical side-channel attack on elliptic curve cryptography running on a PC. The attack targets the ECDH public-key encryption algorithm, as implemented in the latest version of GnuPG.

By measuring the target's electromagnetic emanations, the attack extracts the secret decryption key within seconds, from a target located in an adjacent room across a wall. The attack utilizes a single carefully chosen ciphertext, and tailored time-frequency signal analysis techniques, to achieve full key extraction.


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