This paper analyzes Bitcoin's new V2 P2P transport protocol, demonstrating that while it fixes known vulnerabilities, attackers can still execute conceptual attacks like message identification via pay…

Ember is a serverless, peer-to-peer messaging system that provides end-to-end encrypted communication over a decentralized IPv6 mesh network while enforcing strict data minimization.

The paper characterizes Homomorphic Encryption (HE) operations on a real-world Processing-In-Memory (PIM) system, demonstrating that while PIM is a viable alternative to CPUs/GPUs, performance is limi…

This paper analyzes MQTT security in IoT, demonstrating critical vulnerabilities like eavesdropping and DoS due to weak encryption and authentication, and proposes mitigation strategies.

The paper introduces $I$-$(OT)^2$, a novel base 1-out-of-2 Oblivious Transfer (OT) protocol designed to minimize computation and interaction for resource-constrained IoT devices.

This paper introduces a unified threat model and evaluation framework to systematically compare privacy-preserving techniques for distributed learning in IoT systems, highlighting the trade-off betwee…

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 demonstrates that using lightweight block cipher encryption on CAN payloads can effectively prevent passive reverse engineering of signal semantics without significantly impacting real-time…

LiteAtt introduces a verifier-less, Peer-to-Peer Self-Attestation (P2P-SA) framework for modern IoT MCUs, enabling mutual authentication and firmware attestation directly within the connection handsha…

This paper demonstrates the integration of the quantum-resistant FALCON digital signature scheme into an MQTT-based IoT network using Raspberry Pi 5s to secure communications against future quantum at…

The paper analyzes the differential properties of the SIMON32 cipher, identifying high-probability differentials to improve the efficiency and depth of cryptanalysis beyond current state-of-the-art me…

FIDEM introduces a standard-compliant framework that uses Zero-Knowledge Proofs to securely bind IoT devices to their Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD) profiles, mitigating risks associated with in…

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…

This multivocal literature review analyzes the convergence of IoT and Zero Trust security, finding that academia focuses on IoT modifications while industry prioritizes practical integration within ex…

This survey reviews hardware-rooted trust mechanisms, such as PUFs and TPMs, demonstrating that hardware-based solutions are superior to software-only methods for ensuring secure authentication and AI…

CHRONOS is a hardware-assisted framework that significantly reduces the latency of secure federated learning by decoupling cryptographic key setup from the active training phase, while maintaining hig…

This paper enhances Federated Learning privacy by integrating two key protection mechanisms—masking and RSA encapsulation—into Hybrid Homomorphic Encryption (HHE) to secure against malicious clients.

This paper provides a comparative analysis and benchmarking of Secure Multi-Party Computation (SMPC) and Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) for machine learning, finding that the optimal choice depend…

The paper proposes a novel four-phase protocol to enable secure, multi-key homomorphic encryption (xMK-CKKS) aggregation for zero-order Federated Learning over wireless channels without requiring chan…