Analysis of EM Side Channel Attacks On Smartphones (Fraunhofer AISEC, BSI, TUM)


A new technical paper titled "Breaking ECDSA with Electromagnetic Side-Channel Attacks: Challenges and Practicality on Modern Smartphones" was published by researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Security (AISEC), German Federal Office for Information Security, and TU Munich. Abstract "Smartphones handle sensitive tasks such as messaging and payment and may soon sup... » read more

SoC Platforms Gain Steam


By Ed Sperling Platforms are attracting far more attention from makers of SoCs because they are pre-verified and can speed time to market, but the shift isn’t so simple. It will spark major changes in the way companies design and build chips, causing significant disruption across the entire SoC ecosystem. Platforms are nothing new in the processor and software world. Intel, IBM AMD, and N... » read more