Side-channel Security (lectures+practices)

This course aims to give an introduction to side-channel attacks and countermeasures.

This page is still under development

Topics covered

Physical side-channel attacks: power side-channel, fault attacks
Physical side-channel countermeasures: hiding, masking
Software side-channel attacks: memory leaks, cache-timing attacks, RAM hammering
ML/AI in side-channel attacks
New(ish) attacks
Side-channel attacks on quantum devices

Exam and grade

Separate grades for lectures and tutorials

Lecture:

Closed book quiz-like exam, in person (an example exam will be available later)
Everything is in scope (lectures+practices)
Tests your understanding of the basic concepts

Practice:

(Mainly) self-guided tasks
5-6 tasks during the semester
Grade based on the tasks
All tasks must be uploaded by the 13th of December, 23:59 (Budapest time)

You will need real hardware to complete the tasks (accessible during the practices)
After this date, access to real hardware is not guaranteed

Recommended reading (to be updated)