A comparison study on Flush + Reload and Prime + Probe attacks on AES using machine learning approaches

Zirak Allaf; Mo Adda; Alexander Gegov

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-66939-7_17

A comparison study on Flush + Reload and Prime + Probe attacks on AES using machine learning approaches

Zirak Allaf, Mo Adda, Alexander Gegov

School of Computing

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Abstract

AES, ElGamal are two examples of algorithms that have been developed in cryptography to protect data in a variety of domains including native and cloud systems, and mobile applications. There has been a good deal of research into the use of side channel attacks on these algorithms. This work has conducted an experiment to detect malicious loops inside Flush+Reload and Prime+Prob attack programs against AES through the exploitation of Hardware Performance Counters (HPC). This paper examines the accuracy and eciency of three machine learning algorithms: Neural Network (NN); Decision Tree C4.5; and K Nearest Neighbours (KNN). The study also shows how Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) CPU2006 benchmarks impact predictions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Editors	Fei Chao, Steven Schockaert, Qingfu Zhang
Publisher	Springer
Pages	203-213
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	978-319669397
ISBN (Print)	978-3319669380
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66939-7_17
Publication status	Published - Sept 2017
Event	The 17th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence - Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom Duration: 6 Sept 2017 → 8 Sept 2017

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC)
Publisher	Springer, Cham
Volume	650
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)	2194-5365

Conference

Conference	The 17th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence
Abbreviated title	UKCI 2017
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Cardiff
Period	6/09/17 → 8/09/17

Keywords

side-channel attack
machine learning
Flush Reload
Prime Probe
AES

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This is a pre-copyedited version of a contribution published in Advances in Computational Intelligence Systems. UKCI 2017. Fei Chao, Steven Schockaert, Qingfu Zhang (eds). Published by Springer. The definitive authenticated version is available online via https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66939-7_17.
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Allaf, Z., Adda, M., & Gegov, A. (2017). A comparison study on Flush + Reload and Prime + Probe attacks on AES using machine learning approaches. In F. Chao, S. Schockaert, & Q. Zhang (Eds.), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (pp. 203-213). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC); Vol. 650). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66939-7_17

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Allaf, Z, Adda, M & Gegov, A 2017, A comparison study on Flush + Reload and Prime + Probe attacks on AES using machine learning approaches. in F Chao, S Schockaert & Q Zhang (eds), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC), vol. 650, Springer, pp. 203-213, The 17th UK Workshop on Computational Intelligence, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 6/09/17. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66939-7_17

A comparison study on Flush + Reload and Prime + Probe attacks on AES using machine learning approaches. / Allaf, Zirak; Adda, Mo ; Gegov, Alexander.
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. ed. / Fei Chao; Steven Schockaert; Qingfu Zhang. Springer, 2017. p. 203-213 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC); Vol. 650).

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