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Device-independent certification of quantum devices is of crucial importance for the development of secure quantum information protocols. So far, the most studied scenario corresponds to a system consisting of different non-characterized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-26 Ivan Šupić , Matty J. Hoban , Laia Domingo Colomer , Antonio Acín

Cyber-physical systems (CPSes), such as autonomous vehicles, use sophisticated components like ML-based controllers. It is difficult to provide evidence about the safe functioning of such components. To overcome this problem, Runtime…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2023-04-25 Vivek Nigam , Carolyn Talcott

Self-testing protocols are methods to determine the presence of shared entangled states in a device independent scenario, where no assumptions on the measurements involved in the protocol are made. A particular type of self-testing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-24 Ivan Šupić , Daniel Cavalcanti , Joseph Bowles

Increasing system-on-chip (SoC) heterogeneity, deep hardware/software integration, and the proliferation of third-party intellectual property (IP) have brought security validation to the forefront of semiconductor design. While simulation…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Tanvir Rahman , Shuvagata Saha , Ahmed Y. Alhurubi , Sujan Kumar Saha , Farimah Farahmandi , Mark Tehranipoor

We propose Remote Attestation with TOCTOU Avoidance (RATA): a provably secure approach to address the RA TOCTOU problem. With RATA, even malware that erases itself before execution of the next RA, can not hide its ephemeral presence. RATA…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-04-19 Ivan De Oliveira Nunes , Sashidhar Jakkamsetti , Norrathep Rattanavipanon , Gene Tsudik

Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) provide hardware-enforced isolation that protects sensitive code and data from untrusted software. Despite their strong security guarantees, analyzing TEE applications remains challenging due to the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Chengyan Ma , Jieke Shi , Ruidong Han , Ye Liu , Yuqing Niu , David Lo

We study the safety verification problem for discrete-time stochastic systems. We propose an approach for safety verification termed set-erosion strategy that verifies the safety of a stochastic system on a safe set through the safety of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-04 Zishun Liu , Saber Jafarpour , Yongxin Chen

Software and systems traceability is essential for downstream tasks such as data-driven software analysis and intelligent tool development. However, despite the increasing attention to mining and understanding technical debt in software…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-04-18 Mohammad Sadegh Sheikhaei , Yuan Tian

There are increasing concerns about possible malicious modifications of integrated circuits (ICs) used in critical applications. Such attacks are often referred to as hardware Trojans. While many techniques focus on hardware Trojan…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Tony F. Wu , Karthik Ganesan , Yunqing Alexander Hu , H. -S. Philip Wong , Simon Wong , Subhasish Mitra

As a popular application, mobile crowd sensing systems aim at providing more convenient service via the swarm intelligence. With the popularity of sensor-embedded smart phones and intelligent wearable devices, mobile crowd sensing is…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-11-12 Jingwei Liu , Fanghui Cai , Longfei Wu , Rong Sun , Liehuang Zhu , Xiaojiang Du

Internet of Things (IoT) devices have expanded the horizon of digital forensic investigations by providing a rich set of new evidence sources. IoT devices includes health implants, sports wearables, smart burglary alarms, smart thermostats,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-04-04 Asanka Sayakkara , Nhien-An Le-Khac , Mark Scanlon

Prior research yielded many techniques to mitigate software compromise for low-end Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Some of them detect software modifications via remote attestation and similar services, while others preventatively ensure…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-17 Sashidhar Jakkamsetti , Youngil Kim , Andrew Searles , Gene Tsudik

The introduction of remote attestation (RA) schemes has allowed academia and industry to enhance the security of their systems. The commercial products currently available enable only the validation of static properties, such as…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-04-04 Flavio Toffalini , Eleonora Losiouk , Andrea Biondo , Jianying Zhou , Mauro Conti

The emergence of decentralized satellite networks creates a pressing need for trust architectures that operate without physical access to hardware, without pre-provisioned vendor secrets, and without dependence on a single manufacturer's…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Filip Rezabek , Dahlia Malkhi , Amir Yahalom

In recent years, the importance of smart contract security has been heightened by the increasing number of attacks against them. To address this issue, a multitude of static application security testing (SAST) tools have been proposed for…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Kaixuan Li , Yue Xue , Sen Chen , Han Liu , Kairan Sun , Ming Hu , Haijun Wang , Yang Liu , Yixiang Chen

We propose PowerAlert, an efficient external integrity checker for untrusted hosts. Current attestation systems suffer from shortcomings in requiring complete checksum of the code segment, being static, use of timing information sourced…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-02-13 Ahmed M. Fawaz , Mohammad Noureddine , William H. Sanders

A key feature in trusted computing is attestation, which allows encapsulated components (enclaves) to prove their identity to (local or remote) distrusting components. Reasoning about software that uses the technique requires tracking how…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2026-04-17 June Rousseau , Denis Carnier , Thomas Van Strydonck , Steven Keuchel , Dominique Devriese , Lars Birkedal

Along with the miniaturization of various types of sensors, a mass of intelligent terminals are gaining stronger sensing capability, which raises a deeper perception and better prospect of Internet of Things (IoT). With big sensing data,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-11-12 Jingwei Liu , Jinping Han , Longfei Wu , Rong Sun , Xiaojiang Du

Decision support systems are increasingly adopted to automate decision-making processes across industries, organizations, and governments. Decision support demands data privacy, integrity, and availability while ensuring customization,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-23 Edoardo Marangone , Eugenio Nerio Nemmi , Daniele Friolo , Giuseppe Ateniese , Ingo Weber , Claudio Di Ciccio

In Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attacks, achieving stealthy persistence within target systems is often crucial for an attacker's success. This persistence allows adversaries to maintain prolonged access, often evading detection…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Qi Liu , Muhammad Shoaib , Mati Ur Rehman , Kaibin Bao , Veit Hagenmeyer , Wajih Ul Hassan