The paper introduces 'quantum-safe,' a Python library that addresses the remaining 'production gap' in post-quantum cryptography (PQC) by providing robust, easy-to-use hybrid implementations and compr…

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…

The paper proposes a layered, modular network architecture combining Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) and Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) to achieve scalable, end-to-end post-quantum security in multi-h…

This paper introduces the first explicit data obfuscation technique to protect classical sensitive values during the execution phase of quantum computation.

The paper proposes QShield, a hybrid quantum-classical neural network architecture, which significantly enhances the adversarial robustness of deep learning models against various attacks.

The paper introduces Aquaman, a transparent-proxy architecture that enables quantum-resilient session-key establishment at the network edge, protecting clients that cannot natively support post-quantu…

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 systematically analyzes the Quantum Bit Error Rate (QBER) in the BB84 Quantum Key Distribution protocol, demonstrating its use for quantifying channel noise and detecting eavesdropping, par…

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 proposes a quantum-resistant quantum teleportation (QRQT) framework using post-quantum cryptography to secure the classical channel, establishing maximum secure communication distances and a…

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.

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 provides the first machine-checked universal proof, using ring theory, that value-independence implies identical marginal distributions for arithmetic masking, thereby extending the verifica…

This survey provides a comprehensive review of the security challenges, threats, and mitigation strategies associated with the rapid advancement of quantum computing.

The paper proposes a formal framework to analyze how the combined cryptographic transformations across all layers of a network stack determine the overall post-quantum security posture of a message.

The paper proposes a quantum-resilient session-key establishment scheme that fragments a new key across multiple, independently encrypted Tor circuits, requiring an adversary to compromise many circui…

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…

This study empirically benchmarks classical and quantum machine learning models for image recognition, finding that while quantum models offer superior accuracy and resource efficiency at high dimensi…

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…

This paper demonstrates that Simple Power Analysis (SPA) can successfully extract secret session key bits from post-quantum cryptosystems, specifically during the key decapsulation phase, using only a…