Abstract
Fault attacks are a particular class of attacks that require a priori physical access to the hardware target. Also known as " disruption attacks ", they aim to disrupt the execution environment of the hardware target in order to alter the behavior of the application running on it. These attacks are powerful : they can be used to compromise the security of cryptographic algorithms proven to be safe, to retrieve sensitive information, to bypass protections or to take control of a system. This type of attack mainly concerns embedded systems, historically smart cards and highly secure components. Today, however, they are a threat to a wider range of targets, those handling sensitive data, or can be the entry point for larger-scale attacks. The aim of this seminar is to present fault injection attacks and the principle of software protection against them.
