Abstract: The invention relates to a method for securing an electronic device (SC) against attacks via covert channels when the electronic device (SC) implements a Montgomery ladder for calculating the element A?A?. . . ?A where A appears k times. A designates an element of an Abelian group with a law ?, and k is a natural number. The method comprises a modified implementation of the Montgomery ladder. The invention also relates to a device (SC), a computer program and a storage medium arranged so as to implement such a method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a PCR kit for improving detection of particular nucleic acid motifs and for increasing the reliability of the results obtained. More precisely, the invention proposes to use modified primers having particular characteristics making it possible, during electrophoresis treatment, to detect, on samples containing nucleic acids, the equivalent of a characteristic encoding of particular nucleic acid motifs, this encoding being such that it makes it possible to better detect the presence of these motifs. The invention also proposes a method for detecting nucleic acid motifs of interest (for example STRs, mini-STRs or VNTRs) using such primers. It advantageously finds—but is not limited to—application in the field of capillary electrophoresis.