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NonEuclid RAT Detection: Malware Enables Adversaries to Gain Unauthorized Remote Access and Control Over a Targeted System
The modern-day cyber threat landscape is marked by the rise in malware variants that give attackers the green light to gain complete remote control over targeted systems, such as a nefarious Remcos RAT spread via a phishing attack vector. At the turn of January 2025, defenders unveiled an emerging stealthy malware dubbed NonEuclid RAT, which…
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What is Event Streaming in Apache Kafka?
Event streaming is a powerful data processing paradigm where events—small, immutable pieces of data—are continuously produced, captured, and processed in real time. Apache Kafka, an open-source distributed event streaming platform, has become the go-to solution for implementing event streaming in modern systems. Understanding Events and Streams An event is a record of an occurrence, such as a…
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The 20th International Workshop on Security (IWSEC 2025) (1st round submission)
Event Calendar: The 20th International Workshop on Security (IWSEC 2025) (1st round submission) Fukuoka, Japan, 25 November – 27 November 2025 Event date: 25 November to 27 November 2025 Submission deadline: 3 April 2025 Notification: 2 June 2025 Go to Source
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On the Independence Assumption in Quasi-Cyclic Code-Based Cryptography
ePrint Report: On the Independence Assumption in Quasi-Cyclic Code-Based Cryptography Maxime Bombar, Nicolas Resch, Emiel Wiedijk Cryptography based on the presumed hardness of decoding codes — i.e., code-based cryptography — has recently seen increased interest due to its plausible security against quantum attackers. Notably, of the four proposals for the NIST post-quantum standardization process that…
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Faculty position in Computer Science
Job Posting: Faculty position in Computer Science Free University of Brussels The Faculty of Sciences of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) invites applications for a full-time academic position in Computer Science to begin October 1st, 2025. All areas of Computer Science, including Cryptography, will be considered. ULB and the Computer Science Department is strongly…
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Post-doc in Cryptanalysis of Post-quantum Signatures
Job Posting: Post-doc in Cryptanalysis of Post-quantum Signatures SnT, University of Luxembourg (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg) CryptoLUX team at the University of Luxembourg searches for a post-doc to work on the PQseal project about cryptanalysis of post-quantum signatures. The duration of the position is 1.5 years (18 months), with planned start in March-April 2025. The postdoc will…
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Workshop on secret sharing schemes
Event Calendar: Workshop on secret sharing schemes Tarragona, Spain, 12 May – 14 May 2025 Event date: 12 May to 14 May 2025 Go to Source
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A New Method for Solving Discrete Logarithm Based on Index Calculus
ePrint Report: A New Method for Solving Discrete Logarithm Based on Index Calculus Jianjun HU Index Calculus (IC) algorithm is the most effective probabilistic algorithm for solving discrete logarithms over finite fields of prime numbers, and it has been widely applied to cryptosystems based on elliptic curves. Since the IC algorithm was proposed in 1920,…
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Dynamically Available Common Subset
ePrint Report: Dynamically Available Common Subset Yuval Efron, Ertem Nusret Tas Internet-scale consensus protocols used by blockchains are designed to remain operational in the presence of unexpected temporary crash faults (the so-called sleepy model of consensus) — a critical feature for the latency-sensitive financial applications running on these systems. However, their leader-based architecture, where a…
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New Quantum Cryptanalysis of Binary Elliptic Curves (Extended Version)
ePrint Report: New Quantum Cryptanalysis of Binary Elliptic Curves (Extended Version) Kyungbae Jang, Vikas Srivastava, Anubhab Baksi, Santanu Sarkar, Hwajeong Seo This paper improves upon the quantum circuits required for the Shor’s attack on binary elliptic curves. We present two types of quantum point addition, taking both qubit count and circuit depth into consideration. In…