A survey of microarchitectural timing attacks and countermeasures on contemporary hardware

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TitleA survey of microarchitectural timing attacks and countermeasures on contemporary hardware
AuthorsQian Ge; Yuval Yarom; David Cock; Gernot Heiser
Typearticle
Year2018
Citekeyge2018survey

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Published inJournal of Cryptographic Engineering
PublisherSpringer
Volume8
Issue1
Pages1--27

Identifiers

DOI10.1007/s13389-016-0141-6
OpenAlexW2562036180
ISSN2190-8508

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Landing pagehttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13389-016-0141-6

Abstract

Microarchitectural timing channels expose hidden hardware states though timing. We survey recent attacks that exploit microarchitectural features in shared hardware, especially as they are relevant for cloud computing. We classify types of attacks according to a taxonomy of the shared resources leveraged for such attacks. Moreover, we take a detailed look at attacks used against shared caches. We survey existing countermeasures. We finally discuss trends in attacks, challenges to combating them, and future directions, especially with respect to hardware support.

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@article{ge2018survey,
  title = {A survey of microarchitectural timing attacks and countermeasures on contemporary hardware},
  author = {Qian Ge and Yuval Yarom and David Cock and Gernot Heiser},
  year = {2018},
  journal = {Journal of Cryptographic Engineering},
  volume = {8},
  number = {1},
  pages = {1--27},
  publisher = {Springer},
  doi = {10.1007/s13389-016-0141-6},
  issn = {2190-8508},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s13389-016-0141-6},
}

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