Cryptography is a science of creating a secret message and it is constantly developed. The development consists of attacking and defending the cryptography itself. Power analysis is one of many Side-Channel Analysis (SCA) attack techniques. Power analysis is an attacking technique that uses the information of a cryptographic hardware's power consumption. Power analysis is carried on by utilizing side-channel information to a vulnerability in a cryptographic algorithm. Power analysis also uses a mathematical model to recover the secret key of the cryptographic device. This research uses design research methodology as a research framework started from research clarification to descriptive study. In this research, power analysis attack is implemented to three symmetrical cryptographic algorithms: DES (Data Encryption Standard), AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), and BC3 (Block Cipher 3). The attack has successfully recovered 100% of AES secret key by using 500 traces and 75% DES secret key by using 320 traces. The research concludes that the power analysis attack using Pearson Correlation Coefficient (PCC) method produces more optimal result compared to a difference of means method.
This research demonstrates the revealing of an advanced encryption standard (AES) encryption device key. The encryption device is applied to an ATMEGA328P microcontroller. The said microcontroller is a device commonly used in internet of things (IoT). We measured power consumption when the encryption process is taking place. The message sent to the encryption device is randomly generated, but the key used has a fixed value. The novelty of this research is the creation of a systematic and optimal circuit in carrying the differential power analysis or difference of means (DPA/DoM) technique, so the technique can be applied in key revealing on a microcontroller device by using 500 traces in 120 seconds.
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