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SUMMARY:In-depth crypto attacks: "It always takes two bugs" - Karsten Nohl
 \, Security Research Labs
DTSTART:20131025T130000Z
DTEND:20131025T143000Z
UID:TALK47783@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Laurent Simon
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:*\nReal-world cryptographic systems rarely meet acad
 emic\nexpectations\, with most systems' being shown "insecure" at some poi
 nt. At\nthe same time\, our IT-driven world has not yet fallen apart\, sug
 gesting that\nmany protection mechanisms are "secure enough" for how they 
 are employed.\n\nThis talk argues that hacks with real-world implications 
 are mostly the\nresult of being able to break security assumptions on mult
 iple design\nlayers. Protection designs that focus on a single security fu
 nction and\nneglect complimentary layers are hence more prone to compromis
 e.\n\nWe look at three widely deployed protection systems from the cell ph
 one\,\nautomotive\, and smart-card domains and show how technology abuse a
 rises\nfrom the combination of best-practice deviations on multiple design
  layers.\n\n*Bio:*\nKarsten Nohl is a cryptographer and security researche
 r with a degree\nin Computer Engineering from UVa. Karsten likes to test s
 ecurity assumptions\nin proprietary systems and typically breaks them.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 2\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building
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