This paper demonstrates that standard binary kP algorithms, even when protected using Chevallier-Mames atomic blocks, remain vulnerable to single-trace Side-Channel Analysis (SCA) attacks.

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…

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 introduces ECCFROG522PP, a 522-bit prime-field elliptic curve designed for high security, emphasizing deterministic generation and public reproducibility over performance.

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 proposes ZK-Flex, a flexible software-hardware co-designed framework that significantly accelerates Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) generation by efficiently handling diverse polynomial and ellip…

The paper proposes ZK-Flex, a flexible software-hardware co-designed framework that significantly accelerates Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) generation by efficiently handling diverse polynomial and ellip…

The paper proposes a provably secure, single-round two-party computation protocol for approximate matrix multiplication using lattice-based cryptography, demonstrated for secure control law implementa…

This paper fixes two subtle bugs in Go's extended GCD implementation, which is critical for RSA key generation, and formally proves the correctness and termination of the corrected code.

The paper proposes a novel space switching method to efficiently unify arithmetic and comparison operations within Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) schemes, achieving significant performance improve…

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…

The paper introduces the Unicity Execution Layer, a secure, modular component that enables trustless off-chain transactions while guaranteeing double-spending prevention and enhancing user privacy.

This paper conducts an extensive microbenchmark study to characterize the performance of core cryptographic workloads across various cloud services, architectures, and programming languages, identifyi…

This paper provides the first systematic, isolated benchmarks of NIST-standardized post-quantum cryptography (ML-KEM and ML-DSA) on the highly constrained ARM Cortex-M0+ processor, showing performance…

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 introduces MORPH, a framework that reformulates Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) computations to efficiently utilize AI ASICs like TPUs, achieving up to 10x higher throughput on NTT.

The paper proposes $HE^2$, a novel communication-light heterogeneous accelerator architecture that significantly improves the efficiency of Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) by optimizing dataflow an…

The paper proposes $HE^2$, a novel communication-light heterogeneous accelerator architecture that significantly improves the efficiency of Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) by optimizing dataflow an…

The paper proposes a Secure Parallel Determinant Computation (SPDC) framework that enables efficient, privacy-preserving, and scalable matrix determinant calculation across multiple untrusted edge ser…

The paper proposes a novel symmetric Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) scheme that manages noise growth and computational overhead by fragmenting the plaintext and using a dual-regulator system for m…