Review of Side Channel Attacks and Countermeasures on ECC , RSA , and AES Cryptosystems

There are many recent revolutionary technologies and advances in wireless communication and networking that changed people lives all over the globe. The wide spread of Internet and smart mobile devices which is equipped with wireless technologies to access the Internet, ease the electronic communication between devices. Such communications involve sharing and transferring sensitive and personal information that must be kept protected. Therefore, there is an increasing need to secure individuals and organizations, which is challenging for communication and networking systems. For many years, cryptographic algorithms were used to ensure security in communication channels and networks. These algorithms are supposed to insure authentication, data integrity, confidentiality and access control. However, there are several attacks that threaten their functions and implementations, mainly Side Channel Attacks. Therefore, compromising security of these algorithms implies compromising security of communication systems that are using them. Among the most known symmetric encryption algorithms is the AES, which is used for several applications. In the same context, the most used Asymmetric Encryption Systems are ECC and RSA. In this research we present the most recent Side Channel attack on ECC, RSA and AES. Moreover, we discuss the most effective countermeasures for protecting these cryptosystems against cyber-attacks.