8 papers
Measurement Study of Post-Quantum Readiness of Internet: 2026
Vanishka Mohan Dubey, Gaurav Varshney
The emergence of quantum computing presents a fundamental challenge to the security of current Internet communication systems. Transport Layer Security (TLS), which forms the backb…
Repurposing and Evaluating the (In)Feasibility of Dataset Poisoning enabled Watermarking for Contrastive Learning
Zhiyang Dai, Yansong Gao, Boyu Kuang +5
Contrastive learning (CL) reduces annotation cost via auto-derived supervisory signals. Since large-scale in-house CL datasets are infeasible, reliance on third-party or internet d…
GuardPhish: Securing Open-Source LLMs from Phishing Abuse
Rina Mishra, Gaurav Varshney, Doddipatla Sesha Sahithi
The rapid adoption of open-source Large Language Models (LLMs) in offline and enterprise environments has introduced a largely unexamined security risk like susceptibility to adver…
Jailbreaking Generative AI: Multivector Phishing Threats and Transformer based Defenses
Rina Mishra, Gaurav Varshney
The rise of Generative AI (GenAI) has reshaped the cybersecurity landscape by enabling new attack vectors and lowering the barrier for executing advanced social engineering campaig…
A Study on Malicious Browser Extensions in 2025
Shreya Singh, Gaurav Varshney, Tarun Kumar Singh +2
Browser extensions are additional tools developed by third parties that integrate with web browsers to extend their functionality beyond standard capabilities. However, the browser…
A Login Page Transparency and Visual Similarity Based Zero Day Phishing Defense Protocol
Gaurav Varshney, Akanksha Raj, Divya Sangwan +3
Phishing is a prevalent cyberattack that uses look-alike websites to deceive users into revealing sensitive information. Numerous efforts have been made by the Internet community a…