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Chipwhisperer
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Introduction
This project covers (differential) power analysis, timing attacks and glitch/fault attacks using Chipwhisperer Lite board.
We will look at SW version 4.0.x, since 3.5 is old and 5.0 is alpha.
Links
Chipwhisperer password cracking based on timing/power analysis
An example screenshot of guessing the password for XMEGA target program from power traces
Tutorial link: https://wiki.newae.com/Tutorial_B3-1_Timing_Analysis_with_Power_for_Password_Bypass
Note: there are bugs in the tutorial!!
Chipwhisperer AES cracking
An example screenshot of trace analysis of AES enryption to get the right AES key (note: the AES version in Chipwhisperer has reduced round count due to export restrictions, but it does not matter for the procedure):
Tutorial link: https://wiki.newae.com/Tutorial_B5_Breaking_AES_(Straightforward)
Note: there are bugs in the tutorial!!