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Watermarking plays a key role in the provenance and detection of AI-generated content. While existing methods prioritize robustness against real-world distortions (e.g., JPEG compression and noise addition), we reveal a fundamental…

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Various studies among side-channel attacks have tried to extract information through leakages from electronic devices to reach the instruction flow of some appliances. However, previous methods highly depend on the resolution of traced…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-08-15 Pouya Narimani , Seyed Amin Habibi , Mohammad Ali Akhaee

How to remove detector side channel attacks has been a notoriously hard problem in quantum cryptography. Here, we propose a simple solution to this problem---*measurement* device independent quantum key distribution. It not only removes all…

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Electromagnetic (EM) covert channels pose significant threats to computer and communications security in air-gapped networks. Previous works exploit EM radiation from various components (e.g., video cables, memory buses, CPUs) to secretly…

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Frequency-multiplexing is an effective method to achieve resource-efficient superconducting qubit readout. Allowing multiple resonators to share a common feedline, the number of cables and passive components involved in the readout of a…

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Surface electromyography (EMG) enables non-invasive human-computer interaction in rehabilitation, prosthetics, and virtual reality. While deep learning models achieve over 97% classification accuracy, their vulnerability to adversarial…

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Radio Frequency (RF) fingerprinting is to identify a wireless device from its uniqueness of the analog circuitry or hardware imperfections. However, unlike the MAC address which can be modified, such hardware feature is inevitable for the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-06-13 Zhaoyi Lu , Wenchao Xu , Ming Tu , Xin Xie , Cunqing Hua , Nan Cheng

Air-gapped networks are wired with Ethernet cables since wireless connections are strictly prohibited. In this paper we present LANTENNA - a new type of electromagnetic attack allowing adversaries to leak sensitive data from isolated,…

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Deep learning is an effective approach for performing radio frequency (RF) fingerprinting, which aims to identify the transmitter corresponding to received RF signals. However, beyond the intended receiver, malicious eavesdroppers can also…

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There has been much interest in quantum key distribution. Experimentally, quantum key distribution over 150 km of commercial Telecom fibers has been successfully performed. The crucial issue in quantum key distribution is its security.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Hoi-Kwong Lo , Xiongfeng Ma , Kai Chen

Side Channel Analysis (SCA) relaxes the black-box assumption of conventional cryptanalysis by incorporating physical measurements acquired during cryptographic operations. Electro-magnetic (EM) emissions of a chip during computations often…

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Capacitive touchscreens in modern smartphones introduce severe side-channel vulnerabilities. However, existing attacks often require restrictive conditions or invasive measurements. This paper presents TESLA, a novel, contactless…

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This paper is concerned with the general multiple access wiretap channel and the existence of codes that accomplish reliability and strong secrecy. Information leakage to the eavesdropper is assessed by the variational distance metric,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-10 Manos Athanasakos , Nicholas Kalouptsidis

The physical-layer key generation is a lightweight technique to generate secret keys from wireless channels for resource-constrained Internet of things (IoT) applications. The security of key generation relies on spatial decorrelation,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-28 Lu Yang , Yansong Gao , Junqing Zhang , Seyit Camtepe , Dhammika Jayalath

Electromagnetic (EM) shielding is widely used to suppress radiated emissions and limit passive EM side-channel leakage. However, shielding does not address active probing, where an adversary injects external radio-frequency (RF) signals and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Md Sadik Awal , Md Tauhidur Rahman

The massive trend toward embedded systems introduces new security threats to prevent. Malicious firmware makes it easier to launch cyberattacks against embedded systems. Systems infected with malicious firmware maintain the appearance of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-01-18 Md Sadik Awal , Christopher Thompson , Md Tauhidur Rahman

Ambient backscatter communication (AmBC) leverages the existing ambient radio frequency (RF) environment to implement communication with battery-free devices. One critical challenge of AmBC systems is signal recovery because the transmitted…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-19 Wenjing Liu , Shanpu Shen , Danny H. K. Tsang , Ranjan K. Mallik , Ross Murch

Modern computing systems inherently trust human input devices, creating an exploitable attack surface for adversarial automation. USB Human Interface Device (HID) emulation attacks, such as those enabled by the USB Rubber Ducky, exploit…

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