Side Channel Attacks on Modern Hardware
Date and Time
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Location
MIT Building E-51, Room 315
Presenters
Shankar Viswanathan , AMD Semiconductor - shankar.viswan gmail com
Summary
A survey of known attacks that exploit hardware vulnerabilities
Abstract
A lot of performance features in modern CPUs are being used to mount attacks on the processor. This talk survey some of the types of attacks that have been demonstrated so far with a primer on the micro-architectural features that are being used to mount such attacks. It will also include a discussion of other types of attacks that can be used to glean secrets if one has physical access to the hardware.
Bio
Shankar Viswanathan is the lead performance architect for AMD's Strategic Silicon products. He has worked on the design and verification of several generations of AMD processors. Most recently, he was on the design team for the SoCs that power game consoles such as the PlayStation5 and the Steam Deck. His general interests like at the intersection of performance and security in hardware platforms.
Attachments
- Update your software today. Seriously. (CNN Tech, 2018-01-04)
- Notes from the Intelpocalypse (LWN, 2018-01-04)
- KPTI: The new kernel feature to mitigate "meltdown"
