- Spot and exploit side channels in cache hierarchies of concrete systems
- Use different software-based cache side channels to extract secret information
- Understand the security risks posed by cache side channels and which cache side channels can be mitigated in practice

- Episode 1: Down the Rabbit Hole

The flatmates figure out how virtual addresses and caches work and they start realizing which timing differences might be hidden in there.

- Episode 2: Gone with the Flush

The flatmates discover the Flush+Flush and Evict+Reload attacks and learn a lot about how cache replacement works.

- Episode 3: Optimus Prime+Probe

The flatmates discover the Prime+Probe attack. They realize that it works in cases where Flush+Reload does not work and believe it is something completely new.

- Episode 4: Jonas and the Template of Doom

The flatmates realize that they can scan binaries for cache activity and automatically build cache side-channel attacks with that, forming the concept of Cache Template Attacks. In the end, upon Jonas' suggestion, they retrieve the Template of Doom; but they also attack AES for instance.

- Episode 5: Drama with Manuel

Manuel hurt his leg and cannot move. The timing differences he introduces in the flat activity inspire the discovery of DRAM Addressing (DRAMA) side channels.