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most citedFaultGuard: A Generative Approach to Resilient Fault Prediction in Smart Electrical Grids

12 citations · 26 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

cs.CR2026

QUACK! Making the (Rubber) Ducky Talk: A Systematic Study of Keystroke Dynamics for HID Injection Detection

Alessandro Lotto, Francesco Marchiori, Mauro Conti

Modern computing systems implicitly trust human input devices, allowing USB Human Interface Device (HID) emulators, such as the USB Rubber Ducky, to inject arbitrary keystrokes whi…

cs.RO2025

Preventing Robotic Jailbreaking via Multimodal Domain Adaptation

Francesco Marchiori, Rohan Sinha, Christopher Agia +4

Large Language Models (LLMs) and Vision-Language Models (VLMs) are increasingly deployed in robotic environments but remain vulnerable to jailbreaking attacks that bypass safety me…

cs.CR2025

Inference Attacks on Encrypted Online Voting via Traffic Analysis

Anastasiia Belousova, Francesco Marchiori, Mauro Conti

Online voting enables individuals to participate in elections remotely, offering greater efficiency and accessibility in both governmental and organizational settings. As this meth…

cs.CR2025

DUMB and DUMBer: Is Adversarial Training Worth It in the Real World?

Francesco Marchiori, Marco Alecci, Luca Pajola +1

Adversarial examples are small and often imperceptible perturbations crafted to fool machine learning models. These attacks seriously threaten the reliability of deep neural networ…

cs.CR2025

Profiling Electric Vehicles via Early Charging Voltage Patterns

Francesco Marchiori, Denis Donadel, Alessandro Brighente +1

Electric Vehicles (EVs) are rapidly gaining adoption as a sustainable alternative to fuel-powered vehicles, making secure charging infrastructure essential. Despite traditional aut…

cs.CR2025★ 3 cited

PQ-CAN: A Framework for Simulating Post-Quantum Cryptography in Embedded Systems

Mauro Conti, Francesco Marchiori, Sebastiano Matarazzo +1

The rapid development of quantum computers threatens traditional cryptographic schemes, prompting the need for Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC). Although the NIST standardization pr…

cs.CR2025

Can LLMs Classify CVEs? Investigating LLMs Capabilities in Computing CVSS Vectors

Francesco Marchiori, Denis Donadel, Mauro Conti

Common Vulnerability and Exposure (CVE) records are fundamental to cybersecurity, offering unique identifiers for publicly known software and system vulnerabilities. Each CVE is ty…

cs.CR2025

Leaky Batteries: A Novel Set of Side-Channel Attacks on Electric Vehicles

Francesco Marchiori, Mauro Conti

Advancements in battery technology have accelerated the adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs) due to their environmental benefits. However, their growing sophistication introduces se…

cs.CR2024

RedactBuster: Entity Type Recognition from Redacted Documents

Mirco Beltrame, Mauro Conti, Pierpaolo Guglielmin +2

The widespread exchange of digital documents in various domains has resulted in abundant private information being shared. This proliferation necessitates redaction techniques to p…

cs.CR2024★ 8 cited

CANEDERLI: On The Impact of Adversarial Training and Transferability on CAN Intrusion Detection Systems

Francesco Marchiori, Mauro Conti

The growing integration of vehicles with external networks has led to a surge in attacks targeting their Controller Area Network (CAN) internal bus. As a countermeasure, various In…

cs.NI2024★ 1 cited

Can LLMs Understand Computer Networks? Towards a Virtual System Administrator

Denis Donadel, Francesco Marchiori, Luca Pajola +1

Recent advancements in Artificial Intelligence, and particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), offer promising prospects for aiding system administrators in managing the complexity…

cs.CR2024★ 12 cited

FaultGuard: A Generative Approach to Resilient Fault Prediction in Smart Electrical Grids

Emad Efatinasab, Francesco Marchiori, Alessandro Brighente +2

Predicting and classifying faults in electricity networks is crucial for uninterrupted provision and keeping maintenance costs at a minimum. Thanks to the advancements in the field…

cs.CR2024

A Survey and Comparative Analysis of Security Properties of CAN Authentication Protocols

Alessandro Lotto, Francesco Marchiori, Alessandro Brighente +1

The large number of Electronic Control Units (ECUs) mounted on modern cars and their expansive communication capabilities create a substantial attack surface for potential exploita…

cs.CR2023★ 2 cited

AGIR: Automating Cyber Threat Intelligence Reporting with Natural Language Generation

Filippo Perrina, Francesco Marchiori, Mauro Conti +1

Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) reporting is pivotal in contemporary risk management strategies. As the volume of CTI reports continues to surge, the demand for automated tools to…

cs.CR2023

Your Battery Is a Blast! Safeguarding Against Counterfeit Batteries with Authentication

Francesco Marchiori, Mauro Conti

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are the primary power source in various applications due to their high energy and power density. Their market was estimated to be up to 48 billion U.…