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Based on our previous work on truly concurrent process algebras APTC, we use it to verify the security protocols. This work (called Secure APTC, abbreviated SAPTC) have the following advantages in verifying security protocols: (1) It has a…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-10-26 Yong Wang

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

Advances in quantum computing increasingly threaten the security and privacy of data protected by current cryptosystems, particularly those relying on public-key cryptography. In response, the international cybersecurity community has…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Marthin Toruan , R. D. N. Shakya , Samuel Tseitkin , Raymond K. Zhao , Nalin Arachchilage

Artificial Intelligence (AI) advancements have enabled the development of Large Language Models (LLMs) that can perform a variety of tasks with remarkable semantic understanding and accuracy. ChatGPT is one such LLM that has gained…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-08-02 M. Mehdi Kholoosi , M. Ali Babar , Roland Croft

Software developers frequently receive vulnerability reports that require them to reproduce the vulnerability in a reliable manner by generating a proof-of-concept (PoC) input that triggers it. Given the source code for a software project…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Achintya Desai , Md Shafiuzzaman , Wenbo Guo , Tevfik Bultan

In recent years, artificial intelligence has had a conspicuous growth in almost every aspect of life. One of the most applicable areas is security code review, in which a lot of AI-based tools and approaches have been proposed. Recently,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-08-29 Atieh Bakhshandeh , Abdalsamad Keramatfar , Amir Norouzi , Mohammad Mahdi Chekidehkhoun

In this paper, we show that by using inertial sensor data generated by a smart ring, worn on the finger, the user can be authenticated when making mobile payments or when knocking on a door (for access control). The proposed system can be…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-01-11 Jack Sturgess , Simon Birnbach , Simon Eberz , Ivan Martinovic

Adversarial patch attacks are among one of the most practical threat models against real-world computer vision systems. This paper studies certified and empirical defenses against patch attacks. We begin with a set of experiments showing…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-09-28 Ping-Yeh Chiang , Renkun Ni , Ahmed Abdelkader , Chen Zhu , Christoph Studer , Tom Goldstein

Attackers may attempt exploiting Internet of Things (IoT) devices to operate them unduly as well as to gather personal data of the legitimate device owners'. Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) sessions help to verify…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Giampaolo Bella , Pietro Biondi , Stefano Bognanni , Sergio Esposito

The Precision Time Protocol (PTP), standardized as IEEE 1588, provides sub-microsecond synchronization across distributed systems and underpins critical infrastructure in telecommunications, finance, power systems, and industrial…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-09 Muhammad Abdullah Soomro , Fatima Muhammad Anwar

Transparent authentication (TA) schemes are those in which a user is authenticated by a verifier without requiring explicit user interaction. By doing so, those schemes promise high usability and security simultaneously. The majority of TA…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-03-30 Mika Juuti , Christian Vaas , Ivo Sluganovic , Hans Liljestrand , N. Asokan , Ivan Martinovic

Optical coherent tomography (OCT) fingerprint technology provides rich depth information, including internal fingerprint (papillary junction) and sweat (eccrine) glands, in addition to imaging any fake layers (presentation attacks) placed…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-08-02 Tarang Chugh , Anil K. Jain

Adversarial patch attacks that craft the pixels in a confined region of the input images show their powerful attack effectiveness in physical environments even with noises or deformations. Existing certified defenses towards adversarial…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-05 Husheng Han , Kaidi Xu , Xing Hu , Xiaobing Chen , Ling Liang , Zidong Du , Qi Guo , Yanzhi Wang , Yunji Chen

This paper proposes a frictionless authentication system, provides a comprehensive security analysis of and proposes potential solutions for this system. It first presents a system that allows users to authenticate to services in a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-02-21 Mustafa A. Mustafa , Aysajan Abidin , Enrique Argones Rúa

Detecting the source model of AI-generated images is a growing accountability problem. AI fingerprinting techniques address this by detecting imperceptible patterns in the images that are unique to each model, achieving high detection…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-06 Kai Yao , Marc Juarez

Backdoor attack is a severe security threat to deep neural networks (DNNs). We envision that, like adversarial examples, there will be a cat-and-mouse game for backdoor attacks, i.e., new empirical defenses are developed to defend against…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-07-21 Binghui Wang , Xiaoyu Cao , Jinyuan jia , Neil Zhenqiang Gong

Authenticated data structures provide cryptographic proofs that their answers are as accurate as the author intended, even if the data structure is being controlled by a remote untrusted host. We present efficient techniques for…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2009-08-31 Michael T. Goodrich , Roberto Tamassia , Nikos Triandopoulos

Recent research has shown that hardware fuzzers can effectively detect security vulnerabilities in modern processors. However, existing hardware fuzzers do not fuzz well the hard-to-reach design spaces. Consequently, these fuzzers cannot…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-06-27 Chen Chen , Rahul Kande , Nathan Nguyen , Flemming Andersen , Aakash Tyagi , Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi , Jeyavijayan Rajendran

Remote identity verification is essential for modern digital security; however, it remains highly vulnerable to sophisticated Presentation Attacks (PAs) that utilise forged or manipulated identity documents. Although Deep Learning (DL) has…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Esteban M. Ruiz , Juan E. Tapia , Reinel T. Soto , Christoph Busch

Fingerprint Liveness detection, or presentation attacks detection (PAD), that is, the ability of detecting if a fingerprint submitted to an electronic capture device is authentic or made up of some artificial materials, boosted the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-12-02 Giulia Orrù , Pierluigi Tuveri , Luca Ghiani , Gian Luca Marcialis