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A Novel Method to Improve the Side Channel Cube Attack on Light-Weight Block Ciphers


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1 Department of Engineering, University of Mohaghegh, Iran, Islamic Republic of
2 Mohaghegh, Ardabili, Iran, Islamic Republic of
3 Research Center for Development of Advanced Technology, Iran, Islamic Republic of
     

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Side Channel Cube Attack (SCCA) is a kind of Algebraic Side Channel Attacks (ASCA). In recent years, this kind of attack is implemented on different light weight block ciphers, and it is known as the most powerful attack on these kinds of algorithms. In this paper, we investigate the SCCA on a light-weight block cipher, namely, PRESENT. In addition, we propose novel methods to reduce the data complexity of the SCCA on light-weight block ciphers. Compared to the previous SCCAs, Our proposed SCCA can recover 80 key bits of PRESENT-80 only with 26.13 chosen plaintexts. To the best of our knowledge, this is the most efficient SCCA on PRESENT-80.

Keywords

Cube Attack, Light-Weight Block Cipher, Side Channel Cube Attack.
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Authors

Shahram Jamali
Department of Engineering, University of Mohaghegh, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Erfan Aghaee Kiasaraee
Mohaghegh, Ardabili, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Majid Rahimi
Research Center for Development of Advanced Technology, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Hamed Yusefi
Research Center for Development of Advanced Technology, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Abstract


Side Channel Cube Attack (SCCA) is a kind of Algebraic Side Channel Attacks (ASCA). In recent years, this kind of attack is implemented on different light weight block ciphers, and it is known as the most powerful attack on these kinds of algorithms. In this paper, we investigate the SCCA on a light-weight block cipher, namely, PRESENT. In addition, we propose novel methods to reduce the data complexity of the SCCA on light-weight block ciphers. Compared to the previous SCCAs, Our proposed SCCA can recover 80 key bits of PRESENT-80 only with 26.13 chosen plaintexts. To the best of our knowledge, this is the most efficient SCCA on PRESENT-80.

Keywords


Cube Attack, Light-Weight Block Cipher, Side Channel Cube Attack.