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November 12, 2024
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Side-channel attacks and countermeasures for heart rate retrieval from ECG characterization device

Publicated to: International Journal of Information Security. 24 (1): 8- - 2025-02-01 24(1), DOI: 10.1007/s10207-024-00927-8

Authors:

Perez-Tirador, P; Desai, M; Rodriguez, A; Berral, E; Romero, T; Caffarena, G; Jevtic, R
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Affiliations

Indian Inst Technol, Dept Elect Engn, Mumbai 400076, India - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Escuela Tecn Super Ingn Telecomunicac, Ave Complutense 30, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Univ San Pablo CEU, Escuela Politecn Super, CEU Univ Urbanizac Monteprincipe s-n, Madrid 28668, Spain - Author
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Abstract

With a rapid advance of the technology, side-channel attacks are gaining more attention in the security evaluation of electronic devices. The impact of the attacks on medical devices can be very dangerous: from retrieving private health data to attacking implantable devices causing life-threatening situations. This paper investigates the vulnerabilities of ECG characterization devices to power side-channel attacks and proposes power supply voltage modulation as a countermeasure. Experimental results indicate that random voltage modulation can effectively obscure heart rate retrieval from leaked power signals. Sine modulation is less effective and can be canceled by demodulation at the sine frequency visible in the leaked signal spectrum.
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Keywords

EcgHermite characterizatioHermite characterizationPower side-channel attacksVoltage modulation

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal International Journal of Information Security due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position 42/147, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Computer Science, Theory & Methods. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality.

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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-25:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 2 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/86539/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 129
  • Downloads: 4
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: India.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (JEVTIC NOVAKOVIC, RUZICA).

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