Terahertz Imaging for Side-Channel Attacks

用于侧信道攻击的太赫兹成像

• 批准号: NI230100072
• 负责人: Prof Withawat Withayachumnankul
• 金额: $ 39.82万
• 依托单位: The University of Adelaide
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: National Intelligence and Security Discovery Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2024-07-01 至 2027-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/NI230100072
• 关键词: Terahertz; Imaging; Side; Channel; Attacks

This project aims to employ terahertz waves to extract sensitive information from integrated circuits, as a means of side-channel attack. The concept is founded upon exceptional sensitivity of terahertz waves to the dynamics of free carriers, i.e., electrons and holes, in semiconductors. This prospect is fostered by the ability of terahertz waves to propagate through nonmetallic chip packaging and to provide sub-millimetre spatial and depth resolutions. Noncontact terahertz probing of a live chip will deliver raw data, i.e., leakage, that can be processed by statistical tools to infer secret information through cryptographic engineering. This project will explore this leakage to assess potential risks and propose effective countermeasures.

该项目旨在利用太赫兹波从集成电路中提取敏感信息，作为侧信道攻击的一种手段。该概念建立在太赫兹波对自由载流子的动力学的异常敏感性之上，即，半导体中的电子和空穴。这一前景是由太赫兹波通过非金属芯片封装传播并提供亚毫米空间和深度分辨率的能力所促成的。对活芯片的非接触式太赫兹探测将提供原始数据，即，泄漏，可以由统计工具处理，以通过密码工程推断秘密信息。本项目将探讨这种泄漏，以评估潜在的风险，并提出有效的对策。