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Nowadays ransomware has become a new profitable form of attack. This type of malware acts as a form of extortion which encrypts the files in a victim's computer and forces the victim to pay the ransom to have the data recovered. Even…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-03-23 Joshua Morris , Dan Lin , Marcellus Smith

Payment channel networks (PCNs) are a promising technology to improve the scalability of cryptocurrencies. PCNs, however, face the challenge that the frequent usage of certain routes may deplete channels in one direction, and hence prevent…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-09-27 Mahsa Bastankhah , Krishnendu Chatterjee , Mohammad Ali Maddah-Ali , Stefan Schmid , Jakub Svoboda , Michelle Yeo

This article provides a tool for analyzing mechanisms that aim to achieve resilience against stealthy, or undetectable, attacks on cyber-physical systems (CPSs). We consider attackers who are able to corrupt all of the inputs and outputs of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-03 Paul Griffioen , Bruce H. Krogh , Bruno Sinopoli

Many cybersecurity attacks rely on analyzing a binary executable to find exploitable sections of code. Code obfuscation is used to prevent attackers from reverse engineering these executables. In this work, we focus on control flow…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-08-28 Novak Boskov , Mihailo Isakov , Michel A. Kinsy

Cryptovirological augmentations present an immediate, incomparable threat. Over the last decade, the substantial proliferation of crypto-ransomware has had widespread consequences for consumers and organisations alike. Established…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-09-26 Gregory D. Hill , Xavier J. A. Bellekens

Emerging blockchain and cryptocurrency-based technologies are redefining the way we conduct business in cyberspace. Today, a myriad of blockchain and cryptocurrency systems, applications, and technologies are widely available to companies,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-04-28 Ege Tekiner , Abbas Acar , A. Selcuk Uluagac , Engin Kirda , Ali Aydin Selcuk

In this paper, we address two main problems in the context of covert cyber-attacks in cyber-physical systems (CPS). First, we aim to investigate and develop necessary and sufficient conditions in terms of disruption resources of the CPS…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-10 Mahdi Taheri , Khashayar Khorasani , Nader Meskin

Universal Circuits (UCs) offer a promising approach to hardware Intellectual Property (IP) obfuscation, leveraging cryptographic principles to hide both structure and function in a programmable logic fabric. Their adaptability makes them…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Zain Ul Abideen , Deepali Garg , Lawrence Pileggi , Samuel Pagliarini

Modern cryptography, such as Rivest Shamir Adleman (RSA) and Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA), has been designed by humans based on our understanding of cryptographic methods. Neural Network (NN) based cryptography is being investigated due to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-11-18 Joshua H. Tyler , Mohamed K. M. Fadul , Donald R. Reising

Cryptographic libraries, an essential part of cybersecurity, are shown to be susceptible to different types of attacks, including side-channel and memory-corruption attacks. In this article, we examine popular cryptographic libraries in…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Rodothea Myrsini Tsoupidi , Elena Troubitsyna , Panos Papadimitratos

Future power networks will be characterized by safe and reliable functionality against physical malfunctions and cyber attacks. This paper proposes a unified framework and advanced monitoring procedures to detect and identify network…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-03-16 Fabio Pasqualetti , Florian Dörfler , Francesco Bullo

Currently, different forms of ransomware are increasingly threatening Internet users. Modern ransomware encrypts important user data and it is only possible to recover it once a ransom has been paid. In this paper we show how…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-04-10 Krzysztof Cabaj , Wojciech Mazurczyk

The rise of ransomware attacks has necessitated the development of effective strategies for identifying and mitigating these threats. This research investigates the utilization of a feature selection algorithm for distinguishing…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-02-08 Mike Nkongolo

Ransomware has become one of the most widespread threats, primarily due to its easy deployment and the accessibility to services that enable attackers to raise and obfuscate funds. This latter aspect has been significantly enhanced with the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-06-10 Francesco Zola , Mikel Gorricho , Jon Ander Medina , Lander Segurola , Raul Orduna-Urrutia

Networked-Control Systems (NCSs), a type of cyber-physical systems, consist of tightly integrated computing, communication and control technologies. While being very flexible environments, they are vulnerable to computing and networking…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-02-22 Michel Barbeau , Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro

A new cybersecurity attack,where an adversary illicitly runs crypto-mining software over the devices of unaware users, is emerging in both the literature and in the wild . This attack, known as cryptojacking, has proved to be very effective…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-08-09 Maurantonio Caprolu , Simone Raponi , Gabriele Oligeri , Roberto Di Pietro

This article attempts to discover the surreptitious features of ransomware and to address it in information systems security research. It intends to elicit attention with regard to ransomware, a newly emerged cyber threat using such…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-03-29 Akashdeep Bhardwaj , G. V. B. Subrahmanyam , Vinay Avasthi , Hanumat Sastry

Ransomware attacks have increased significantly in recent years, causing great destruction and damage to critical systems and business operations. Attackers are unfailingly finding innovative ways to bypass detection mechanisms,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-04-01 Avinash Singh , Richard Adeyemi Ikuesan , Hein Venter

We propose a framework for threshold cryptosystems under a permissionless-economic model in which the participants are rational profit-maximizing entities. To date, threshold cryptosystems have been considered under permissioned settings…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-01-07 David Yakira , Ido Grayevsky , Avi Asayag

Attacks in cyberspace have got attention due to risk at privacy, breach of trust and financial losses for individuals as well as organizations. In recent years, these attacks have become more complex to analyze technically, as well as to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-06-13 Koustav Sadhukhan , Rao Arvind Mallari , Tarun Yadav