Journal
IEEE COMMUNICATIONS SURVEYS AND TUTORIALS
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages 465-488Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2017.2779824
Keywords
Side-channel attacks; information leakage; classification; smartphones; mobile devices; survey; Android
Funding
- European Union's Horizon Research and Innovation Programme (HECTOR) [644052]
- European Research Council through the European Union's Horizon Research and Innovation Programme [681402]
- Technology Foundation STW (ASPASIA & ASPASIA) through the Dutch Government [13499]
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Side-channel attacks on mobile devices have gained increasing attention since their introduction in 2007. While traditional side-channel attacks, such as power analysis attacks and electromagnetic analysis attacks, required physical presence of the attacker as well as expensive equipment, an (unprivileged) application is all it takes to exploit the leaking information on modern mobile devices. Given the vast amount of sensitive information that are stored on smartphones, the ramifications of side-channel attacks affect both the security and privacy of users and their devices. In this paper, we propose a new categorization system for side-channel attacks, which is necessary as side-channel attacks have evolved significantly since their scientific investigations during the smart card era in the 1990s. Our proposed classification system allows to analyze side-channel attacks systematically, and facilitates the development of novel countermeasures. Besides this new categorization system, the extensive survey of existing attacks and attack strategies provides valuable insights into the evolving field of side-channel attacks, especially when focusing on mobile devices. We conclude by discussing open issues and challenges in this context and outline possible future research directions.
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