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Blindfold: Keeping Private Keys in PKIs and CDNs out of Sight
Hisham Galal, Mohammad Mannan, Amr Youssef
Public key infrastructure (PKI) is a certificate-based technology that helps in authenticating systems identities. HTTPS/TLS relies mainly on PKI to minimize fraud over the Interne…
SAUSAGE: Security Analysis of Unix domain Socket Usage in Android
Mounir Elgharabawy, Blas Kojusner, Mohammad Mannan +3
The Android operating system is currently the most popular mobile operating system in the world. Android is based on Linux and therefore inherits its features including its Inter-P…
Dispute-free Scalable Open Vote Network using zk-SNARKs
Muhammad ElSheikh, Amr M. Youssef
The Open Vote Network is a self-tallying decentralized e-voting protocol suitable for boardroom elections. Currently, it has two Ethereum-based implementations: the first, by McCor…
Wyner wiretap-like encoding scheme for cyber-physical systems
Walter Lucia, Amr Youssef
In this study, the authors consider the problem of exchanging secrete messages in cyber-physical systems (CPSs) without resorting to cryptographic solutions. In particular, they co…
On Securing Cloud-hosted Cyber-physical Systems Using Trusted Execution Environments
Amir Mohammad Naseri, Walter Lucia, Mohammad Mannan +1
Recently, cloud control systems have gained increasing attention from the research community as a solution to implement networked cyber-physical systems (CPSs). Such an architectur…
Impact of Electric Vehicles Botnets on the Power Grid
Omniyah Gul M Khan, Ehab El-Saadany, Amr Youssef +1
The increased penetration of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in the transportation sector has increased the requirement of Fast Charging Direct Current (FCDC) stations to meet customer's s…
Betrayed by the Guardian: Security and Privacy Risks of Parental Control Solutions
S. Ali, M. Elgharabawy, Q. Duchaussoy +2
For parents of young children and adolescents, the digital age has introduced many new challenges, including excessive screen time, inappropriate online content, cyber predators, a…
Multiple-Association Supporting HTC/MTC in Limited-Backhaul Capacity Ultra-Dense Networks
Mohammed Elbayoumi, Walaa Hamouda, Amr Youssef
Coexistence of Human-Type Communications (HTCs) and Machine-Type Communications (MTCs) is inevitable. Ultra-Dense Networks (UDNs) will be efficacious in supporting both types of co…
On Privacy Risks of Public WiFi Captive Portals
Suzan Ali, Tousif Osman, Mohammad Mannan +1
Open access WiFi hotspots are widely deployed in many public places, including restaurants, parks, coffee shops, shopping malls, trains, airports, hotels, and libraries. While thes…
Trustee: Full Privacy Preserving Vickrey Auction on top of Ethereum
Hisham S. Galal, Amr M. Youssef
The wide deployment of tokens for digital assets on top of Ethereum implies the need for powerful trading platforms. Vickrey auctions have been known to determine the real market p…
Playing With Danger: A Taxonomy and Evaluation of Threats to Smart Toys
Sharon Shasha, Moustafa Mahmoud, Mohammad Mannan +1
Smart toys have captured an increasing share of the toy market, and are growing ubiquitous in households with children. Smart toys are a subset of Internet of Things (IoT) devices,…
The Sorry State of TLS Security in Enterprise Interception Appliances
Louis Waked, Mohammad Mannan, Amr Youssef
Network traffic inspection, including TLS traffic, in enterprise environments is widely practiced. Reasons for doing so are primarily related to improving enterprise security (e.g.…