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Security analysis of block cipher Piccolo suitable for wireless sensor networks

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Piccolo is a 64-bit block cipher suitable for the constrained environments such as wireless sensor network environments. In this paper, we propose differential fault analysis on Piccolo. Based on a random byte fault model, our attack can recover the secret key of Piccolo-80 by using an exhaustive search of \(2^{24}\) and six random byte fault injections on average. It can be simulated on a general PC within a few seconds. In the case of Piccolo-128, we require an exhaustive search of \(2^{40}\) and eight random byte fault injections on average. This attack can be simulated on a general PC within 1 day. These results are the first known side-channel attack results on them.

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    Kitae Jeong

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Jeong, K. Security analysis of block cipher Piccolo suitable for wireless sensor networks. Peer-to-Peer Netw. Appl. 7, 636–644 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12083-012-0196-9

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