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This paper addresses the persistent side-channel vulnerability of scalar multiplication in ECC, proposing and analyzing two mitigation techniques—data redirection and bus reloading—to counter energy c…
The paper presents a combined Side-Channel Analysis (SCA) and laser illumination attack against an Elliptic Curve Scalar Multiplication accelerator, demonstrating that while laser illumination increas…
Ryan Babbush, Adam Zalcman, Craig Gidney, Michael Broughton +5 more
The paper estimates the quantum resources required to break 256-bit ECC cryptography and warns that fast-clock quantum computers could enable on-spend attacks on modern cryptocurrencies, necessitating…
The paper reveals that predictable nonce reuse by Polygon MEV searchers creates a critical vulnerability in ECDSA signatures, allowing passive attackers to recover private keys using linear algebra.
The paper introduces ECCFROG522PP, a 522-bit prime-field elliptic curve designed for high security, emphasizing deterministic generation and public reproducibility over performance.
The paper applies Stringology-Based Cryptanalysis (SBC) using KMP and Boyer-Moore algorithms to analyze EChaCha20, confirming that the cipher maintains strong pseudorandomness and exhibits rapid diffu…
The paper analyzes the security of a partially masked hardware accelerator for Number Theoretic Transform (NTT) in PQC, demonstrating that the claimed security margins are significantly overestimated…
The paper presents Broken Quantum, a comprehensive formal security audit that identifies 547 security vulnerabilities across 45 open-source quantum computing simulators, revealing critical flaws in me…
The paper introduces an operational post-quantum X.509 assurance framework that rigorously validates ML-KEM and ML-DSA certificates and keys across various deployment stages, achieving comprehensive d…
The paper systematically explores a vast design space of cryptographic Boolean networks by formalizing six structural constraints, finding that optimal designs result from sparse, mutually compatible…
The paper introduces a four-stage structural dependency analysis hierarchy that enables scalable, sound first-order masking verification for large, production-level post-quantum cryptographic accelera…
This paper extends quantum lattice reduction techniques (CDPR) from ideal to module lattices over cyclotomic rings, achieving a constant module reduction factor and providing a rigorous, bounded-preci…
The paper establishes a universal, machine-checked 1-Bit Barrier for the internal wire map of masked Barrett reduction, providing a strong side-channel leakage bound for post-quantum cryptography.
The paper provides the first machine-checked, tridirectional correctness proof of the OpenZeppelin reentrancy-guard pattern against complex, production-deployed Solidity smart contract source.
This paper presents SCP, a cache partitioning design that combines strict eviction isolation with write-shared coherence to mitigate eviction-based cache side channels.
The paper presents a highly optimized, low-stack implementation of the HAETAE signature scheme, reducing peak stack usage significantly to enable its use on severely memory-constrained microcontroller…
This paper surveys the security vulnerabilities of Variational Quantum Circuits (VQCs) to backdoor attacks, detailing various attack mechanisms and analyzing current detection and defense strategies.
This paper provides the first comprehensive cryptanalysis of the Legendre Pseudorandom Function over extension fields, demonstrating key recovery attacks under both passive and active threat models.
This paper proves that the per-observation leakage bound for deep, multi-stage masked Number Theoretic Transform (NTT) pipelines remains constant and low ($2/q$), regardless of the pipeline's depth ($…
This paper provides a comprehensive, system-level taxonomy for designing quantum-resistant network architectures, moving beyond simple protocol substitutions to address key distribution and management…