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...

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, ...

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...

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...

CVE-2025-29779

Post-Quantum Secure Feldman's Verifiable Secret Sharing provides a Python implementation of Feldman's Verifiable Secret Sharing VSS scheme. In versions 0.8.0b2 and prior, the secureredundantexecution function in feldmanvss.py attempts to mitigate fault injection attacks by executing a function...

Post-Quantum Secure Feldman Verifiable Secret Sharing 安全漏洞

Post-Quantum Secure Feldman Verifiable Secret Sharing is a Verifiable Secret Sharing VSS for Post-Quantum Secure Feldman in Python by the individual developer David Osipov. A security vulnerability exists in Post-Quantum Secure Feldman Verifiable Secret Sharing 0.7.6b0 and earlier versions, which...

Post-Quantum Secure Feldman Verifiable Secret Sharing 安全漏洞

Post-Quantum Secure Feldman Verifiable Secret Sharing is a Verifiable Secret Sharing VSS for Post-Quantum Secure Feldman in Python by the individual developer David Osipov. A security vulnerability exists in Post-Quantum Secure Feldman Verifiable Secret Sharing 0.7.6b0 and earlier versions, which...

Google Cloud KMS Adds Quantum-Safe Digital Signatures to Defend Against Future Threats

Google Cloud has announced quantum-safe digital signatures in Google Cloud Key Management Service Cloud KMS for software-based keys as a way to bulletproof encryption systems against the threat posed by cryptographically-relevant quantum computers. The feature, currently in preview, coexists with...

CVE-2024-54137

liboqs is a C-language cryptographic library that provides implementations of post-quantum cryptography algorithms. A correctness error has been identified in the reference implementation of the HQC key encapsulation mechanism. Due to an indexing error, part of the secret key is incorrectly treat...

CVE-2024-54137

CVE-2024-54137 affects liboqs HQC KEM. A correctness error in the HQC decapsulation path caused part of the secret key to be treated as non-secret, resulting in an incorrect shared secret when decapsulating malformed ciphertexts. The fix is implemented in liboqs 0.12.0, as referenced by multiple ...

CVE-2024-54137 liboqs has a correctness error in HQC decapsulation

liboqs is a C-language cryptographic library that provides implementations of post-quantum cryptography algorithms. A correctness error has been identified in the reference implementation of the HQC key encapsulation mechanism. Due to an indexing error, part of the secret key is incorrectly treat...