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…

This paper analyzes RPKI specifications, demonstrating that vague or conflicting requirements in dozens of RFCs cause systemic vulnerabilities in real-world implementations, leading to 61 undocumented…

The paper proposes a canonical, end-to-end validation framework to ensure secure integration of Alternative Data Availability (AltDA) systems with Ethereum Layer 2s, demonstrating that L2 integration…

The paper addresses the vulnerability of zero-knowledge proximity proofs in stateful systems by proposing Zairn-ZKP, a method that embeds operational context (like drop identity and policy version) di…

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 MolTrust, a production-deployed trust infrastructure built on W3C standards (VCs and DIDs) that provides a verifiable, multi-layered authorization framework for autonomous AI agen…

The paper proposes a declarative, autonomous, self-protecting framework for securing complex 5G/6G networks by leveraging a standardized security ontology and automated graph reasoning to neutralize l…

This study demonstrates that the publicly distributed firmware of ASIC cryptocurrency miners constitutes a primary and sufficient attack surface, allowing attackers to reconstruct internal architectur…

GasLiteAA proposes optimizing the ERC-4337 standard by offloading gas sponsorship logic to Trusted Execution Environments (TEE), significantly reducing on-chain gas costs while maintaining security an…

This paper addresses the operational challenge of adopting Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) in complex financial TLS environments by presenting a methodology to automatically profile and normalize cryp…

The paper introduces KBF, a low-cost black-box auditing protocol that fingerprints LLM APIs by analyzing stable numerical recall near the knowledge boundary, successfully detecting numerous model subs…

The paper introduces KBF, a novel black-box auditing protocol that fingerprints LLM APIs by analyzing stable numerical recall near the knowledge boundary, effectively detecting model substitutions and…

The paper introduces a novel toolkit to enhance RISC-V Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) by adding modular extensions for secure enclave update, migration, state continuity, and trusted time, ther…

The paper proposes a provably secure path validation protocol for large-scale Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) networks that allows receivers to verify network compliance without revealing sensitive top…

The paper introduces PQC Validator, a comprehensive, layered framework designed to rigorously test and validate the actual post-quantum cryptographic readiness of cloud-native 5G Core networks, addres…

The paper systematizes the interaction between autonomous AI agents and blockchain platforms using a bidirectional trust framework, identifying significant gaps in current standards and proposing a ta…

The paper proposes a RADIUS-based framework to maintain persistent device identity for Network Access Control (NAC) despite modern operating system MAC address randomization, ensuring regulatory compl…

This paper analyzes high-impact Web3 security incidents to show that most losses stem from off-chain organizational and operational failures, not just smart contract bugs.

This paper introduces an active traffic analysis method (NATA) and a deep learning framework (BM-Net) to demonstrate that bandwidth perturbations can be used by an adversary to correlate and de-anonym…

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…