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We consider a sensor network focused on target localization, where sensors measure the signal strength emitted from the target. Each measurement is quantized to one bit and sent to the fusion center. A general attack is considered at some…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-04-04 Jiangfan Zhang , Xiaodong Wang , Rick S. Blum , Lance M. Kaplan

Recently proposed quantum key distribution protocols are shown to be vulnerable to a classic man-in-the-middle attack using entangled pairs created by Eve. It appears that the attack could be applied to any protocol that relies on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Richard Kuhn

Quantum cryptography is information-theoretically secure owing to its solid basis in quantum mechanics. However, generally, initial implementations with practical imperfections might open loopholes, allowing an eavesdropper to compromise…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-25 Anqi Huang , Stefanie Barz , Erika Andersson , Vadim Makarov

In this paper, we show that there are instances where eavesdropping causes noise reduction for a quantum key distribution (QKD) protocol. To witness these phenomena, we investigate a fault-tolerant six-state QKD protocol over a collective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-18 Hiroo Azuma

We propose a quantum key distribution protocol based on a quantum retrodiction protocol, known as the Mean King problem. The protocol uses a two way quantum channel. We show security against coherent attacks in a transmission error free…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-04-01 A. H. Werner , T. Franz , R. F. Werner

We address the question of quantifying eavesdropper's information gain in an individual attack on systems of quantum key distribution. It is connected with the concept of conclusive eavesdropping introduced by Brandt. Using the BB84…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-29 Alexey E. Rastegin

In this work, we consider secure communications in wireless multi-user (MU) multiple-input single-output (MISO) systems with channel coding in the presence of a multi-antenna eavesdropper (Eve). In this setting, we exploit machine learning…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-10 Abderrahmane Mayouche , Wallace A. Martins , Christos G. Tsinos , Symeon Chatzinotas , Björn Ottersten

The existence of an undetectable eavesdropping of dense coded information has been already demonstrated by Pavi\v{c}i\'c for the quantum direct communication based on the ping-pong paradigm. However, a) the explicit scheme of the circuit is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-07-19 Piotr Zawadzki , Jarosław Adam Miszczak

An elementary derivation of best eavesdropping strategies for the 4 state BB84 quantum cryptography protocol is presented, for both incoherent and two--qubit coherent attacks. While coherent attacks do not help Eve to obtain more…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 J. I. Cirac , N. Gisin

We prove the security of quantum key distribution against the most general attacks which can be performed on the channel, by an eavesdropper who has unlimited computation abilities, and the full power allowed by the rules of classical and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eli Biham , Michel Boyer , P. Oscar Boykin , Tal Mor , Vwani Roychowdhury

We analyze the security of two-way quantum key distribution using arbitrary finite-dimensional systems, considering both individual and collective eavesdropping attacks, without the effective use of entangled states, by incorporating two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-14 Abhishek Muhuri , Ayan Patra , Rivu Gupta , Tamoghna Das , Aditi Sen De

Analyzing radar signals from complex Electronic Warfare (EW) environment is a non-trivial task.However, in the real world, the changing EW environment results in inconsistent signal distribution, such as the pulse repetition interval (PRI)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-21 Honglin Wu , Xueqiong Li , Long Lan , Liyang Xu , Yuhua Tang

The interplay between quantum physics and machine learning gives rise to the emergent frontier of quantum machine learning, where advanced quantum learning models may outperform their classical counterparts in solving certain challenging…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-07 Weiyuan Gong , Dong Yuan , Weikang Li , Dong-Ling Deng

Eavesdropping attacks in inference systems aim to learn not the raw data, but the system inferences to predict and manipulate system actions. We argue that conventional information security measures can be ambiguous on the adversary's…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-09 Chi-Yo Tsai , Gaurav Kumar Agarwal , Christina Fragouli , Suhas Diggavi

This study investigates a counterintuitive phenomenon in adversarial machine learning: the potential for noise-based defenses to inadvertently aid evasion attacks in certain scenarios. While randomness is often employed as a defensive…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-11-01 Steve Bakos , Pooria Madani , Heidar Davoudi

We report an experimental implementation of free-space quantum secure direct communication based on single photons. The quantum communication scheme uses phase encoding, and the asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer is optimized so as to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-04 Dong Pan , Zaisheng Lin , Jiawei Wu , Zhen Sun , Dong Ruan , Liuguo Yin , Guilu Long

Deep neural networks have achieved substantial achievements in several computer vision areas, but have vulnerabilities that are often fooled by adversarial examples that are not recognized by humans. This is an important issue for security…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-01-29 Hakmin Lee , Hong Joo Lee , Seong Tae Kim , Yong Man Ro

Quantum key distribution protocols are known to be vulnerable against a side channel attack that exploits the time difference in detector responses used to obtain key bits. The recommended solution against this timing side channel attack is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-17 Melis Pahalı , Utku Tefek , Kadir Durak

Multi-agent consensus under jamming attacks is investigated. Specifically, inter-agent communications over a network are assumed to fail at certain times due to jamming of transmissions by a malicious attacker. A new stochastic…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-12-05 Ahmet Cetinkaya , Kaito Kikuchi , Tomohisa Hayakawa , Hideaki Ishii

The security of source has become an increasingly important issue in quantum cryptography. Based on the framework of measurement-device-independent quantum-key-distribution (MDI-QKD), the source becomes the only region exploitable by a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-24 Shi-Hai Sun , Feihu Xu , Mu-Sheng Jiang , Xiang-Chun Ma , Hoi-Kwong Lo , Lin-Mei Liang