3 papers
cs.CR2026
Canonicalization Failures as a Recurring Vulnerability Class: Representation Divergence in Cryptographic Systems and Its Avoidance
Arslan Brömme
Cryptographic systems operate on bytes but mean semantic objects. The translation between the two is rarely unique. Where this uniqueness is not enforced, an attack surface opens u…
cs.CR2026
snaproot: Decentralized File Integrity Verification Using Blockchain-Anchored Cryptographic Hashing
Arslan Brömme, Tarkan Yavas
The rapid growth of digital content has made reliable integrity verification increasingly important. Existing solutions rely either on centralized authorities, which introduce trus…
cs.CR2026
Bridging the Cybersecurity Gap Between Web2 and Web3 -- An Incident-Based Analysis of Organizational and Application-Level Security Failures
Tarkan Yavas, Arslan Brömme
The rapid adoption of Web3 infrastructures has led to a growing number of security incidents affecting cryptocurrency exchanges, custody services and blockchain-based platforms. Wh…