Physical Fault Injection and Side-Channel Attacks on Mobile Devices: A Comprehensive Analysis [article]

Carlton Shepherd, Konstantinos Markantonakis, Nico van Heijningen, Driss Aboulkassimi, Clément Gaine, Thibaut Heckmann, David Naccache
2021 arXiv   pre-print
Today's mobile devices contain densely packaged system-on-chips (SoCs) with multi-core, high-frequency CPUs and complex pipelines. In parallel, sophisticated SoC-assisted security mechanisms have become commonplace for protecting device data, such as trusted execution environments, full-disk and file-based encryption. Both advancements have dramatically complicated the use of conventional physical attacks, requiring the development of specialised attacks. In this survey, we consolidate recent
more » ... velopments in physical fault injections and side-channel attacks on modern mobile devices. In total, we comprehensively survey over 50 fault injection and side-channel attack papers published between 2009-2021. We evaluate the prevailing methods, compare existing attacks using a common set of criteria, identify several challenges and shortcomings, and suggest future directions of research.
arXiv:2105.04454v5 fatcat:27ldfag7ejgvxh7cbs2qnevb24