Cryptographic Attack

This post features cryptographic attacks.

List of Cryptographic Attacks

Cryptographic attacks featured on this post:

  • Analytic
  • Implementation
  • Statistical
  • Brute-force
  • Fault injection
  • Side-channel
    • Timing
  • Man in the Middle
  • Birthday
  • Replay

Analytic

An analytic attack is an algebraic manipulation that attempts to reduce the complexity of a cryptographic algorithm. Analytic attacks focus on the logic of the algorithm itself.

You can read more about analytic attacks on this post.

Implementation

An implementation attack is a cryptographic attack that exploits weaknesses in the implementation of a crytographic system.

It focuses on exploiting the source code by its errors, flaws and the programming methodology.

Statistical

A statistical attack is a cryptographic attack.

Brute-force

A brute-force attack is a cryptographic attack.

Fault injection

A fault injection attack is a cryptographic attack.

Side-channel

A side-channel attack is a cryptographic attack.

An example of side-channel attack is a timing attack.

Man in the Middle

A man in the middle attack is a cryptographic attack.

Birthday

A birthday attack is a cryptographic attack.

Replay

A replay attack is a cryptographic attack.

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External references

  • M. Chapman et al; “CISSP Study Guide 9th Edition”, chapter 7 “PKI and Cryptographic Applications”, section “Cryptographic attacks”, pp. 297-301; Wiley, 2021

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