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CERTIFIED-IN-CYBERSECURITY · Question #36

Which type of attack attempts to gain information by observing the device's power consumption? ()

The correct answer is B. Side Channels. A side-channel attack is a passive and non-invasive attack aiming to extract information from a running system, by using special-purpose hardware to perform power monitoring, as well as timing and fault analysis attacks. The remaining are software-based attacks.

Security Principles

Question

Which type of attack attempts to gain information by observing the device's power consumption? ()

Options

  • ATrojans
  • BSide Channels
  • CCross Site Scripting
  • DDenial of Service

How the community answered

(43 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    88% (38)
  • C
    7% (3)
  • D
    2% (1)

Explanation

A side-channel attack is a passive and non-invasive attack aiming to extract information from a running system, by using special-purpose hardware to perform power monitoring, as well as timing and fault analysis attacks. The remaining are software-based attacks.

Topics

#Side-channel attacks#Power analysis#Attack types#Cryptography

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