CVE-2025-48946 liboqs affected by theoretical design flaw in HQC

liboqs is a C-language cryptographic library that provides implementations of post-quantum cryptography algorithms. liboqs prior to version 0.13.0 supports the HQC algorithm, an algorithm with a theoretical design flaw which leads to large numbers of malformed ciphertexts sharing the same implici...

CVE-2025-48946 liboqs affected by theoretical design flaw in HQC

liboqs is a C-language cryptographic library that provides implementations of post-quantum cryptography algorithms. liboqs prior to version 0.13.0 supports the HQC algorithm, an algorithm with a theoretical design flaw which leads to large numbers of malformed ciphertexts sharing the same implici...

A Tertiary Review on Quantum Cryptography

Quantum computers impose an immense threat to system security. As a countermeasure, new cryptographic classes have been created to prevent these attacks. Technologies such as post-quantum cryptography and quantum cryptography. Quantum cryptography uses the principle of quantum physics to produce...

On the Intractability of Chaotic Symbolic Walks: toward a Non-Algebraic Post-Quantum Hardness Assumption

Most classical and post-quantum cryptographic assumptions, including integer factorization, discrete logarithms, and Learning with Errors LWE, rely on algebraic structures such as rings or vector spaces. While mathematically powerful, these structures can be exploited by quantum algorithms or...

Engineering Trustworthy Machine-Learning Operations with Zero-Knowledge Proofs

As Artificial Intelligence AI systems, particularly those based on machine learning ML, become integral to high-stakes applications, their probabilistic and opaque nature poses significant challenges to traditional verification and validation methods. These challenges are exacerbated in regulated...

Energy Consumption Framework and Analysis of Post-Quantum Key-Generation on Embedded Devices

The emergence of quantum computing and Shor's algorithm necessitates an imminent shift from current public key cryptography techniques to post-quantum robust techniques. NIST has responded by standardising Post-Quantum Cryptography PQC algorithms, with ML-KEM FIPS-203 slated to replace ECDH...

Network-Wide Quantum Key Distribution with Onion Routing Relay

The advancement of quantum computing threatens classical cryptographic methods, necessitating the development of secure quantum key distribution QKD solutions for QKD Networks QKDN. In this paper, a novel key distribution protocol, Onion Routing Relay ORR, that integrates onion routing OR with...

Network-Wide Quantum Key Distribution with Onion Routing Relay (Conference Version)

The advancement of quantum computing threatens classical cryptographic methods, necessitating the development of secure quantum key distribution QKD solutions for QKD Networks QKDN. In this paper, a novel key distribution protocol, Onion Routing Relay ORR, that integrates onion routing OR with...

Cryptologic Techniques and Associated Risks in Public and Private Security. an Italian and European Union Perspective with an Overview of the Current Legal Framework

This article examines the evolution of cryptologic techniques and their implications for public and private security, focusing on the Italian and EU legal frameworks. It explores the roles of cryptography, steganography, and quantum technologies in countering cybersecurity threats, emphasising th...

Post-Quantum Secure Decentralized Random Number Generation Protocol with Two Rounds of Communication in the Standard Model

Randomness plays a vital role in numerous applications, including simulation, cryptography, distributed systems, and gaming. Consequently, extensive research has been conducted to generate randomness. One such method is to design a decentralized random number generator DRNG, a protocol that enabl...

Towards Quantum Resilience: Data-Driven Migration Strategy Design

The advancements in quantum computing are a threat to classical cryptographic systems. The traditional cryptographic methods that utilize factorization-based or discrete-logarithm-based algorithms, such as RSA and ECC, are some of these. This paper thoroughly investigates the vulnerabilities of...

Efficient Full-Stack Private Federated Deep Learning with Post-Quantum Security

Federated learning FL enables collaborative model training while preserving user data privacy by keeping data local. Despite these advantages, FL remains vulnerable to privacy attacks on user updates and model parameters during training and deployment. Secure aggregation protocols have been...

Applied Post Quantum Cryptography: a Practical Approach for Generating Certificates in Industrial Environments

The transition to post-quantum cryptography PQC presents significant challenges for certificate-based identity management in industrial environments, where secure onboarding of devices relies on long-lived and interoperable credentials. This work analyzes the integration of PQC into X.509...

Post-Quantum Cryptography: an Analysis of Code-Based and Lattice-Based Cryptosystems

Most modern cryptographic systems, such as RSA and the Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange, rely on "trapdoor" mathematical functions that are presumed to be computationally difficult with existing tools. However, quantum computers will be able to break these systems using Shor's Algorithm, necessitating...

PQS-BFL: a Post-Quantum Secure Blockchain-Based Federated Learning Framework

Federated Learning FL enables collaborative model training while preserving data privacy, but its classical cryptographic underpinnings are vulnerable to quantum attacks. This vulnerability is particularly critical in sensitive domains like healthcare. This paper introduces PQS-BFL Post-Quantum...

MST3 Encryption Improvement with Three-Parameter Group of Hermitian Function Field

This scholarly work presents an advanced cryptographic framework utilizing automorphism groups as the foundational structure for encryption scheme implementation. The proposed methodology employs a three-parameter group construction, distinguished by its application of logarithmic signatures...

Complexity of Post-Quantum Cryptography in Embedded Systems and Its Optimization Strategies

With the rapid advancements in quantum computing, traditional cryptographic schemes like Rivest-Shamir-Adleman RSA and elliptic curve cryptography ECC are becoming vulnerable, necessitating the development of quantum-resistant algorithms. The National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST ha...

Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Signatures without Trapdoors

Some of our current public key methods use a trap door to implement digital signature methods. This includes the RSA method, which uses Fermat's little theorem to support the creation and verification of a digital signature. The problem with a back-door is that the actual trap-door method could, ...

A Scalable Framework for Post-Quantum Authentication in Public Key Infrastructures

This work explores the performance and scalability of a hierarchical certificate authority framework with automated certificate issuance employing post-quantum cryptographic PQC signature algorithms. The system is designed for compatibility with both classical and PQC algorithms, promoting...

A Unified Hardware Accelerator for Fast Fourier Transform and Number Theoretic Transform

The Number Theoretic Transform NTT is an indispensable tool for computing efficient polynomial multiplications in post-quantum lattice-based cryptography. It has strong resemblance with the Fast Fourier Transform FFT, which is the most widely used algorithm in digital signal processing. In this...