> How do you visualize the power profile of a specific program (can you)? Could you use a simple power analyzer to potentially detect malware, or do you need so

> How do you visualize the power profile of a specific program (can you)? Could you use a simple power analyzer to potentially detect malware, or do you need something more refined? I don't really know. Most power analysis side channel attacks focus on embedded systems where only the target code runs. But recently, TAU researchers did very cool stuff with power analysis on laptops running a normal OS [1] and their presentation at CHES last year was very impressive. [1] http://www.tau.ac.il/~tromer/handsoff/ http://www.tau.ac.il/~tromer/handsoff/