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This paper examines linear beamforming methods for secure communications in a multiuser wiretap channel with a single transmitter, multiple legitimate receivers, and a single eavesdropper, where all nodes are equipped with multiple…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-10-15 Amitav Mukherjee , A. Lee Swindlehurst

Many IoT use cases involve constrained battery-powered devices offering services in a RESTful manner to their communication partners. Such services may involve, e.g., costly computations or actuator/sensor usage, which may have significant…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-11-20 Stefan Hristozov , Manuel Huber , Georg Sigl

All mobile devices are energy-constrained. They use batteries that allows using the device for a limited amount of time. In general, energy attacks on mobile devices are denial of service (DoS) type of attacks. While previous studies have…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-04-17 Ashish Kundu , Zhiqiang Lin , Joshua Hammond

Wireless communication is susceptible to eavesdropping attacks because of its broadcast nature. This paper illustrates how interference can be used to counter eavesdropping and assist secrecy. In particular, a wire-tap channel with a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Xiaojun Tang , Ruoheng Liu , Predrag Spasojevic , H. Vincent Poor

In this paper, we present bAdvertisement, a novel attack method against advanced driver-assistance systems (ADASs). bAdvertisement is performed as a supply chain attack via a compromised computer in a printing house, by embedding a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-02-22 Ben Nassi , Jacob Shams , Raz Ben Netanel , Yuval Elovici

Home security systems have become increasingly popular since they provide an additional layer of protection and peace of mind. These systems typically include battery-powered motion sensors, contact sensors, and smart locks. Z-Wave is a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-01-19 Christopher Vattheuer , Charlie Liu , Ali Abedi , Omid Abari

This article introduces a novel lightweight framework using ambient backscattering communications to counter eavesdroppers. In particular, our framework divides an original message into two parts: (i) the active-transmit message transmitted…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-08-07 Nam H. Chu , Nguyen Van Huynh , Diep N. Nguyen , Dinh Thai Hoang , Shimin Gong , Tao Shu , Eryk Dutkiewicz , Khoa T. Phan

Traditional user authentication involves entering a username and password into a system. Strong authentication security demands, among other requirements, long, frequently hard-to-remember passwords. Two-factor authentication aids in the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2015-04-28 Marcos Portnoi , Chien-Chung Shen

Availability attacks, or unlearnable examples, are defensive techniques that allow data owners to modify their datasets in ways that prevent unauthorized machine learning models from learning effectively while maintaining the data's…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-15 Yihan Wang , Yiwei Lu , Xiao-Shan Gao , Gautam Kamath , Yaoliang Yu

The high directionality of millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication systems has proven effective in reducing the attack surface against eavesdropping, thus improving the physical layer security. However, even with highly directional beams,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-20 Afifa Ishtiaq , Arash Asadi , Ladan Khaloopour , Waqar Ahmed , Vahid Jamali , Matthias Hollick

Tool-use large language model (LLM) agents are increasingly deployed to support sensitive workflows, relying on tool calls for retrieval, external API access, and session memory management. While prior research has examined various threats,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Wuyang Zhang , Shichao Pei

Most Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices and smart sensors are connected via the Internet using IP communication driectly accessed by a server that collect sensor information periodically or event-based. Although, Internet access is widely…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-04-07 Stefan Bosse

We apply the Web of Things (WoT) communication pattern, i.e., the semantic description of metadata and interaction affordances, to Internet of Things (IoT) devices that rely on non-IP-based protocols, using Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) as an…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-28 Michael Freund , Rene Dorsch , Andreas Harth

In this paper we show how attackers can covertly leak data (e.g., encryption keys, passwords and files) from highly secure or air-gapped networks via the row of status LEDs that exists in networking equipment such as LAN switches and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-06-06 Mordechai Guri , Boris Zadov , Andrey Daidakulov , Yuval Elovici

WiFi communication should be possible only between devices inside the same network. However, we find that all existing WiFi devices send back acknowledgments (ACK) to even fake packets received from unauthorized WiFi devices outside of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-03-28 Ali Abedi , Haofan Lu , Alex Chen , Charlie Liu , Omid Abari

Information is the most critical asset of modern organizations, and accordingly coveted by adversaries. When highly sensitive data is involved, an organization may resort to air-gap isolation, in which there is no networking connection…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2014-11-04 Mordechai Guri , Gabi Kedma , Assaf Kachlon , Yuval Elovici

As of today, large-scale wireless sensor networks are adopted for smart building applications as they are easy and flexible to deploy. Low-power wireless nodes can achieve multi-year lifetimes with an AA battery using Bluetooth Low Energy…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-05-13 Francesco Fraternali , Bharathan Balaji , Yuvraj Agarwal , Luca Benini , Rajesh Gupta

Smartphone carrier companies rely on mobile networks for keeping an accurate record of customer data usage for billing purposes. In this paper, we present a vulnerability that allows an attacker to force the victim's smartphone to consume…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-01-26 Dean Wasil , Omar Nakhila , Salih Safa Bacanli , Cliff Zou , Damla Turgut

Over the last years, considerable attention has been given to the privacy of individuals in wireless environments. Although significantly improved over the previous generations of mobile networks, LTE still exposes vulnerabilities that…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-07-31 Christian Sørseth , Xianyu Shelley Zhou , Stig F. Mjølsnes , Ruxandra F. Olimid

Defense strategies have been well studied to combat Byzantine attacks that aim to disrupt cooperative spectrum sensing by sending falsified versions of spectrum sensing data to a fusion center. However, existing studies usually assume…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-07-30 Zhengping Luo , Shangqing Zhao , Zhuo Lu , Jie Xu , Yalin E. Sagduyu