Talk Intermediate Apache License Version 2.0 First Talk

Extracting AES Keys from Embedded Devices Using Open Source Hardware

Approved

Session Description

Embedded devices can unintentionally leak secrets through their physical behaviour, allowing attackers to recover cryptographic keys without exploiting software vulnerabilities.
The talk mainly focuses on the demo of how power analysis is done against an AES encryption within embedded devices using the open-source ChipWhisperer platform.
The talk will be covering an introduction into side channel attacks, a key extraction demo using chipWhisperer hardware and practical ways of defence against these kinds of attacks.
For the demo, power analysis will be done on an embedded device, the AES secret key will be extracted and this will be used to decrypt the encrypted data within the device.

Key Takeaways

Learn the fundamentals of Power analysis techniques.
Explore the ChipWhisperer and related tools and how it enables practical side-channel research using open-source hardware and software.
See a live demonstration of recovering an AES key from an embedded device through power analysis.

References

https://github.com/newaetech/chipwhisperer

Session Categories

Introducing a FOSS project or a new version of a popular project

Tutorial about using a FOSS project

Engineering practice - productivity, debugging

Knowledge Commons (Open Hardware, Open Science, Open Data etc.)

Talk License: Apache License Version 2.0

Which track are you applying for?

Security

Speakers

Gautham Sai Student | bi0s

Electronics and Communication Engineering undergraduate, a hardware security enthusiast and a member of the bi0s hardware. interests include embedded security and development, side-channel attacks and automotive security.

Alwin Varghese Student | bi0s

Electronics and Computer Engineering student at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham strong interest in embedded systems, IoT, and hardware prototyping, a hardware security enthusiast and a member of the bi0s hardware. Experienced in building ESP32-based systems involving BLE communication, voice interfaces,. Passionate about developing practical hardware solutions that solve real-world problems and improve accessibility through technology.