Event Logs Generated by an Operating System Running on a COTS Computer During IEMI Exposure

Author

Kasmi, C. ; Lopes-Esteves, J. ; Picard, N. ; Renard, M. ; Beillard, B. ; Martinod, E. ; Andrieu, J. ; Lalande, M.

Author_Institution

Wireless, Software & Hardware Security Labs., French Network & Inf. Security Agency, Paris, France

Volume

56

Issue

6

fYear

2014

fDate

Dec. 2014

Firstpage

1723

Lastpage

1726

Abstract

Many studies were devoted to the analysis and the detection of electromagnetic attacks against critical electronic systems at the system or the component levels. Some attempts have been made to correlate effects scenarios with events logged by the kernel of the operating system (OS) of commercial-off-the-shelf computer running Windows. Due to the closed principle of the last OS, we decided to perform such an analysis on a computer running a Linux distribution in which a complete access to logs is available. It will be demonstrated that a computer running such an open OS allows detecting the perturbations induced by intentional electromagnetic interferences at different levels of the targeted computer.

Keywords

Linux; computational electromagnetics; electromagnetic interference; operating system kernels; security; COTS computer; IEMI exposure; Linux distribution; OS kernel; Windows; commercial-off-the-shelf computer; critical electronic systems; electromagnetic attack analysis; electromagnetic attack detection; event log generation; intentional electromagnetic interferences; operating system kernel; Electromagnetic interference; Hardware; Monitoring; Sensors; Universal Serial Bus; Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC); electromagnetic interference; software engineering; system analysis and design;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electromagnetic Compatibility, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9375

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TEMC.2014.2357060

Filename

6906268