All cryptography & information security publications
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Publications [2023 - 2025]
Journal Articles
1. Balon, Brieuc; Grassi, Lorenzo; Méaux, Pierrick; Moos, Thorben; Standaert, François-Xavier; Steiner, Matthias Johann. mid-pSquare: Leveraging the Strong Side-Channel Security of Prime-Field Masking in Software. In: IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems, Vol. 2025, no.4, p. 486-519 (2025). doi:10.46586/tches.v2025.i4.486-519. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/305505
2. Grosso, Vincent; Standaert, François-Xavier. Algebraic Side-Channel Attacks against ISAP’s Re-Keying: One Ascon Round May not be Enough for Serial Implementations, in Communications in Cryptology. In: IACR Communications in Cryptology, Vol. 2, no. 1, p. 34 (April 2025). doi:10.62056/aesgvurzn. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/305689
3. Belaïd, Sonia; Cassiers, Gaëtan; Mutschler, Camille; Rivain, Matthieu; Roche, Thomas; Standaert, François-Xavier; Taleb, Abdul Raman. SoK: A Methodology to Achieve Provable Side-Channel Security in Real-World Implementations. In: IACR Communications in Cryptology, Vol. 2, no.1, p. 43 (2025). doi:10.62056/aebngy4e-. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/305926
4. Moos, Thorben; Saha, Sayandeep; Standaert, François-Xavier. Prime Masking vs. Faults - Exponential Security Amplification against Selected Classes of Attacks. In: IACR Transactions on Cryptography Hardware and Embedded Systems, Vol. 2024, no. 4, p. 690-736 (2024). doi:10.46586/tches.v2024.i4.690-736. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/305932
5. Kamel, Dina; Standaert, François-Xavier; Bronchain, Olivier. Information Theoretic Evaluation of Raccoon's Side-Channel Leakage. In: IACR Communications in Cryptology, Vol. 1, no. 3, p. 21 (2024). doi:10.62056/ABKP2C3W9P. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/298824
6. Berti, Francesco; Standaert, François-Xavier; Levi, Itamar. Authenticity in the Presence of Leakage using a Forkcipher. In: IACR Communications in Cryptology, Vol. 1, no. 4, p. 13 (2024). doi:10.62056/abksr-10k. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/305929
7. Cassiers, Gaëtan; Standaert, François-Xavier; Verhamme, Corentin. Low-Latency Masked Gadgets Robust againstPhysical Defaults with Application to Ascon. In: {IACR} Trans. Cryptogr. Hardw. Embed. Syst., Vol. 2024, no. 3, p. 603-633 (2024). doi:10.46586/TCHES.V2024.I3.603-633. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/294658
8. Cassiers, Gaëtan; Masure, Loïc; Momin, Charles; Moos, Thorben; Amir Moradi; Standaert, François-Xavier. Randomness Generation for Secure Hardware Masking - Unrolled Trivium to the Rescue. In: IACR Communications in Cryptology, Vol. 1, no. 2, p. 52 (2024). doi:10.62056/akdkp2fgx. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/306064
9. Obresmki, Maciej; Ribeiro, Joao; Roy, Lawrence; Standaert, François-Xavier; Venturi, Daniele. Improved Reductions from Noisy to Bounded and Probing Leakages via Hockey-Stick Divergences. In: Proceedings of Crypto 2024, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 14925, p. 461-491 (2024). doi:10.1007/978-3-031-68391-6_14. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/305935
10. Peters, Thomas; Shen, Yaobin; Standaert, François-Xavier. Multiplex: TBC-based Authenticated Encryption with Sponge-Like Rate. In: IACR Transaction on Symmetric Cryptology, Vol. 2024, no. 2, p. 1-34. doi:10.46586/tosc.v2024.i2.1-34. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/273131
11. Fadaeinia Bijan; Moos, Thorben; Moradi Amir. Static Leakage in Dual-Rail Precharge Logics. In: IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems, Vol. 2024, no.4, p. 509-540 (2024). doi:10.46586/tches.v2024.i4.509-540. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/306260
12. Cassiers, Gaëtan; Gigerl Barbara; Mangard Stefan; Momin, Charles; Nagpal Rishub. Compress: Generate Small and Fast MaskedPipelined Circuits. In: IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems, Vol. 2024, no.3, p. 500-529 (2024). doi:10.46586/tches.v2024.i3.500-529. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/306258
13. Shen, Yaobin; Standaert, François-Xavier. Optimally Secure Tweakable Block Ciphers with a Large Tweak from n-bit Block Ciphers. In: {IACR} Trans. Symmetric Cryptol., Vol. 2023, no.2, p. 47-68 (2023). doi:10.46586/tosc.v2023.i2.47-68. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/278180
14. Masure, Loïc; Cassiers, Gaëtan; Hendrickx, Julien; Standaert, François-Xavier. Information Bounds and Convergence Rates for Side-Channel Security Evaluators. In: IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems, Vol. 2023, no.3, p. 522-569 (2023). doi:10.46586/tches.v2023.i3.522-569. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/278173
15. Masure, Loïc; Cristiani Valence; Lecomte, Maxime; Standaert, François-Xavier. Don't Learn What You Already Know: Grey-Box Modeling for Profiling Side-Channel Analysis against Masking. In: Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems, Vol. 2023, no.1, p. 32-59 (2023). doi:10.46586/tches.v2023.i1.32-59. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/279103
16. Camurati, Giovanni; Dell'Amico, Matteo; Standaert, François-Xavier. MCRank: Monte Carlo Key Rank Estimation for Side-Channel Security Evaluations. In: IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems, Vol. 2023, no.1, p. 277-300 (2023). doi:10.46586/tches.v2023.i1.277-300. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/278163
17. Gur, Ofek; Gross, Tomer; Bellizia, Davide; Standaert, François-Xavier; Levi, Itamar. An In-Depth Evaluation of Externally Amplified Coupling (EAC) Attacks — a Concrete Threat for Masked Cryptographic Implementations. In: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Vol. 70, no.2, p. 783-796 (2023). doi:10.1109/TCSI.2022.3222176. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/278164
18. Cassiers, Gaëtan; Devillez, Henri; Standaert, François-Xavier; Udvarhelyi, Balazs. Efficient Regression-Based Linear Discriminant Analysis for Side-Channel Security Evaluations Towards Analytical Attacks against 32-bit Implementations. In: IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded SystemsISSN 2569-2925, Vol. 2023, No. 3, pp. 270–293.DOI:10.46586, Vol. 2023, no.3, p. 270-293 (2023). doi:10.46586/tches.v2023.i3.270-293. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/278174
19. Azouaoui, Melissa; Bronchain, Olivier; Cassiers, Gaëtan; Standaert, François-Xavier. Protecting Dilithium against Leakage Revisited Sensitivity Analysis and Improved Implementations. In: IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems, Vol. 2023, no.4, p. 58-79 (2023). doi:10.46586/tches.v2023.i4.58-79. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/278184
Conference Papers
1. Benaloh, Josh; Naehrig, Michael; Pereira, Olivier. REACTIVE: Rethinking Effective Approaches Concerning Trustees in Verifiable Elections. In: Electronic Voting (Lecture Notes in Computer Science), 2025, 978-3-032-05035-9, p. 17--37 xxx. doi:10.1007/978-3-032-05036-6_2. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/305229
2. Doan, Thi Van Thao; Pereira, Olivier; Peters, Thomas. Threshold Receipt-Free Voting with Server-Side Vote Validation. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 16028, no.1, p. 55-72 (2025). Springer: Heidelberg, 2025 xxx. doi:10.1007/978-3-032-05036-6_4. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/305223
3. Rimez, Dany; Legay, Axel; Macq, Benoît. Ensuring Data Security and Annotators Anonymity Through a Secure and Anonymous Multiparty Annotation System. In: Novel and Intelligent Digital Systems: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference NiDS 2024 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems), Springer: Cham, Switzerland, 2024, 978-3-031-73343-7, p. 620-631 xxx. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-73344-4_54. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/293819
4. Doan, Thi Van Thao; Pereira, Olivier; Peters, Thomas. Encryption Mechanisms for Receipt-Free and Perfectly Private Verifiable Elections. In: Applied Cryptography and Network Security 22nd International Conference, ACNS 2024, 2024, Proceedings, Part II. (LNCS), 2024 xxx. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/287726
5. Devillez, Henri; Pereira, Olivier; Peters, Thomas; Yang, Quentin. Can we cast a ballot as intended and be receipt free?. In: IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy. Proceedings. I E E E, 2024 xxx. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/287724
6. Langlois, Quentin; Szelagowski, Nicolas; Vanderdonckt, Jean; Jodogne, Sébastien. Open Platform for the De-identification of Burned-in Texts in Medical Images using Deep Learning. In: Proc. of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2024). Vol. 1, p. 297-304 (2024). SCITEPRESS – Science and Technology Publications, Lda. 2024 xxx. doi:10.5220/0012430300003657. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/282801
7. Ruiyang Li; Yiteng Sun; Guo, Chun; Standaert, François-Xavier; Wang, Weijia; Xiao Wang. Leakage-Resilient Circuit Garbling. In: Proceedings of the 2024 on ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security. p. 780-794. In: Proceedings of the 2024 on ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security, ACM SIGSAC: Salt Lake City, USA, 2024, 979-8-4007-0636-3, p. 780-794 xxx. doi:10.1145/3658644.3690204. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/306063
8. Sebastian Faust; Masure, Loïc; Elena Micheli; Maximilian Orlt; Standaert, François-Xavier. Connecting Leakage-Resilient Secret Sharing to Practice: Scaling Trends and Physical Dependencies of Prime Field Masking. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 14654, p. 316-344. In: Advances in Cryptology - {EUROCRYPT} 2024, 2024, 978-3-031-58736-8 xxx. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-58737-5_12. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/294655
9. Lorenzo Grassi; Masure, Loïc; Méaux, Pierrick; Moos, Thorben; Standaert, François-Xavier. Generalized Feistel Ciphers for Efficient Prime Field Masking. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 14654, p. 188-220. In: Advances in Cryptology - {EUROCRYPT} 2024, 2024, 978-3-03-158733-7 xxx. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-58734-4_7. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/294650
10. Standaert, François-Xavier. Mid-Size Primes for Symmetric Cryptography with Strong Embedded Security. 2023 xxx. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/279110
11. Masure, Loïc; Standaert, François-Xavier. Prouff and Rivain's Formal Security Proof of Masking, Revisited - Tight Bounds in the Noisy Leakage Model. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 14083, p. 343-376 (2023). Springer: Heidelberg, 2023 xxx. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-38548-3/_12. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/278182
12. Masure, Loïc; Méaux, Pierrick; Moos, Thorben; Standaert, François-Xavier. Effective and Efficient Masking with Low Noise using Small-Mersenne-Prime Ciphers. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 14007, p. 596-627 (2023). Springer: Heidelberg, 2023 xxx. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-30634-1/_20. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/278169
13. Zhou, Yuanyuan; van de Pol, Joop; Yu, Yu; Standaert, François-Xavier. A Third is All You Need: Extended Partial Key Exposure Attack on (CRT-RSA) with Additive Exponent Blinding. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 13794, p. 508-536 (2023). Springer: Heidelberg, 2023 xxx. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-22972-5/_18. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/272231
14. Cosseron, Orel; Hoffmann, Clément; Méaux, Pierrick; Standaert, François-Xavier. Towards Case-Optimized Hybrid Homomorphic Encryption - Featuring the Elisabeth Stream Cipher. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 13793, p. 32-67 (2023). Springer: Heidelberg, 2023 xxx. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/272234
15. Jakob Feldtkeller; Jan Richter-Brockmann; Tim Güneysu; Saha, Sayandeep; Standaert, François-Xavier; Moos, Thorben; Pascal Sasdrich. Combined Private Circuits - Combined Security Refurbished. In: ACM CCS 2023. p. 990-1004. In: Combined Private Circuits - Combined Security Refurbished, 2023, 979-8-4007-0050-7 xxx. doi:10.1145/3576915.3623129. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/294375
16. Hoffmann, Clément; Méaux, Pierrick; Standaert, François-Xavier. The Patching Landscape of Elisabeth-4 and the Mixed Filter Permutator Paradigm. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 14459, p. 134-156. In: Progress in Cryptology - {INDOCRYPT} 2023, 2023, 978-3-031-56231-0 xxx. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-56232-7_7. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/294441
17. Shen, Yaobin; Standaert, François-Xavier; Lei Wang. Forgery Attacks on Several Beyond-Birthday-Bound Secure MACs. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 14440, p. 169-189. In: Advances in Cryptology - {ASIACRYPT} 2023, 2023, 978-981-99-8721-4 xxx. doi:10.1007/978-981-99-8727-6_6. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/294376
18. Balazs Udvarhelyi; Standaert, François-Xavier. Leveraging Coprocessors as Noise Engines in Off-the-Shelf Microcontrollers.. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 14530, p. 148-165. In: Smart Card Research and Advanced Applications, 2023, 978-3-031-54408-8 xxx. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-54409-5_8. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/294377
Book Chapters
1. Pereira, Olivier; Peters, Thomas; Standaert, François-Xavier. Mode-Level Side-Channel Countermeasures. In: Embedded Cryptography 1 , Wiley, 2025, p. 187--212. 978-1-394-35186-2. xxx xxx. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/303543
2. Pereira, Olivier. An introduction to electronic voting. In: Introduction to Advanced Cryptographic Protocols (De Cifris Koine; xxx), xxx, 2024, p. 131--156. 979-12-81863-03-3. xxx xxx. doi:10.69091/koine/vol-4-I01. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/303542
Working Papers
1. Naseer, Mahnoor; Tariq, Sundas; Riaz, Naveed. S-box Security Analysis of NIST Lightweight Cryptography Candidates: A Critical Empirical Study. 2024. 28 p. xxx xxx. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/290143
Reports
1. Pereira, Olivier; Delpech de Saint Guilhem, Cyprien; Preneel, Bart. BeVoting II -- Étude sur l'évolution du vote électronique avec preuve papier en Belgique, xxx xxx. 2024. 152 p. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/299402