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The innovations of vehicle connectivity have been increasing dramatically to enhance the safety and user experience of driving, while the rising numbers of interfaces to the external world also bring security threats to vehicles. Many…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-04-15 Jinghua Yu , Stefan Wagner , Bowen Wang , Feng Luo

While smartphones and WiFi networks are bringing many positive changes to people's lives, they are susceptible to traffic analysis attacks, which infer user's private information from encrypted traffic. Existing traffic analysis attacks…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-08-15 Xiaoguang Yang , Yong Huang , Junli Guo , Dalong Zhang , Qingxian Wang

End-to-end encryption is a powerful tool for protecting the privacy of Internet users. Together with the increasing use of technologies such as Tor, VPNs, and encrypted messaging, it is becoming increasingly difficult for network…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-30 Tobias Pulls , Ethan Witwer

Instant messaging services are quickly becoming the most dominant form of communication among consumers around the world. Apple iMessage, for example, handles over 2 billion message each day, while WhatsApp claims 16 billion messages from…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2014-03-11 Scott Coull , Kevin Dyer

This paper presents a multidisciplinary approach to analyzing data from Telegram for early warning information regarding cyber threats. With the proliferation of hacktivist groups utilizing Telegram to disseminate information regarding…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Velizar Varbanov , Kalin Kopanov , Tatiana Atanasova

Recent advances in wireless technologies have enabled many new applications in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) such as collision avoidance, cooperative driving, congestion avoidance, and traffic optimization. Due to the vulnerable…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-10-22 Mina Guirguis , George Atia

Traffic Sign Recognition (TSR) is crucial for safe and correct driving automation. Recent works revealed a general vulnerability of TSR models to physical-world adversarial attacks, which can be low-cost, highly deployable, and capable of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Ningfei Wang , Shaoyuan Xie , Takami Sato , Yunpeng Luo , Kaidi Xu , Qi Alfred Chen

High-latency anonymous communication systems prevent passive eavesdroppers from inferring communicating partners with certainty. However, disclosure attacks allow an adversary to recover users' behavioral profiles when communications are…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-10-23 Simon Oya , Carmela Troncoso , Fernando Pérez-González

In recent years, mobile devices (e.g., smartphones and tablets) have met an increasing commercial success and have become a fundamental element of the everyday life for billions of people all around the world. Mobile devices are used not…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-06-19 Mauro Conti , QianQian Li , Alberto Maragno , Riccardo Spolaor

With the popularity of smartphones, mobile applications (apps) have penetrated the daily life of people. Although apps provide rich functionalities, they also access a large amount of personal information simultaneously. As a result,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-12-24 Shuang Zhao , Shuhui Chen , Ziling Wei

IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) catchers, also known as "Stingrays" or "cell site simulators," are rogue devices that pose a significant threat to cellular network security [1]. IMSI catchers can intercept and manipulate…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-05-03 Karwan Mustafa Kareem

This paper focuses on conducting forensic data analysis of 2 widely used IMs applications on Android phones WhatsApp and Viber. The tests and analysis were performed with the aim of determining what data and information can be found on the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2013-04-18 Aditya Mahajan , M. S. Dahiya , H. P. Sanghvi

In recent years, it has come to attention that governments have been doing mass surveillance of personal communications without the consent of the citizens. As a consequence of these revelations, developers have begun releasing new…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-07-31 Christian Johansen , Aulon Mujaj , Hamed Arshad , Josef Noll

The use of TLS proxies to intercept encrypted traffic is controversial since the same mechanism can be used for both benevolent purposes, such as protecting against malware, and for malicious purposes, such as identity theft or warrantless…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2015-05-29 Mark O'Neill , Scott Ruoti , Kent Seamons , Daniel Zappala

Information flow analysis prevents secret or untrusted data from flowing into public or trusted sinks. Existing mechanisms cover a wide array of options, ranging from lightweight taint analysis to heavyweight information flow control that…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-06-28 Cristian-Alexandru Staicu , Daniel Schoepe , Musard Balliu , Michael Pradel , Andrei Sabelfeld

In recent years, state-of-the-art traffic-control devices have evolved from standalone hardware to networked smart devices. Smart traffic control enables operators to decrease traffic congestion and environmental impact by acquiring…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-08-06 Aron Laszka , Waseem Abbas , Yevgeniy Vorobeychik , Xenofon Koutsoukos

Given the promising future of autonomous vehicles, it is foreseeable that self-driving cars will soon emerge as the predominant mode of transportation. While autonomous vehicles offer enhanced efficiency, they remain vulnerable to external…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Saurav Silwal , Lu Gao , Ph. D. Yunpeng Zhang , Ph. D. Ahmed Senouci , Ph. D. Yi-Lung Mo , Ph. D. , P. E

Network traffic analysis using AI (machine learning and deep learning) models made significant progress over the past decades. Traffic analysis addresses various challenging problems in network security, ranging from detection of anomalies…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-24 Dinil Mon Divakaran

Active Traffic Management (ATM) systems have been introduced by transportation agencies to manage recurrent and non-recurrent congestion. ATM systems rely on the interconnectivity of components made possible by wired and/or wireless…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-04-18 Zulqarnain H. Khattak , Hyungjun Park , Seongah Hong , Richard Atta Boateng , Brian L. Smith

The rapid growth of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has introduced significant challenges to privacy, particularly as network traffic analysis techniques evolve. While encryption protects data content, traffic attributes such as packet…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Daniel Adu Worae , Spyridon Mastorakis