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Research & Publications

Peer-reviewed academic papers, conference proceedings, and journal articles spanning cybersecurity, post-quantum cryptography, and AI-driven threat analysis.

3 Papers | 11 Research Domains
Domain: All AES Blockchain Cryptography Fuzzing Hardware Security IoT Security Post-Quantum Quantum Computing Side-Channel Smart Contracts Symbolic Execution
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IEEE Internet of Things Journal
PAPER #1  ·  2026

Quantum-Resistant Cryptographic Protocols for IoT Edge Devices

Md Abu Saeed, Dr. Rafiqul Islam, Nusrat Jahan

IEEE Internet of Things Journal  ·  March 2026

The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has introduced significant cryptographic challenges, particularly in the context of quantum computing threats. This paper proposes a suite of lightweight, quantum-resistant cryptographic protocols optimized for resource-constrained edge devices. We evaluate CRYSTALS-Kyber and CRYSTALS-Dilithium adaptations against classical RSA and ECC baselin…

Cryptography IoT Security Post-Quantum Quantum Computing
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ACM CCS 2025 — Conference on Co…
PAPER #2  ·  2025

Automated Vulnerability Discovery in Smart Contract Bytecode Using Symbolic Execution

Md Abu Saeed, Tanzim Hossain

ACM CCS 2025 — Conference on Computer and Communications Security  ·  November 2025

Smart contracts deployed on Ethereum and compatible blockchains are immutable once deployed, making pre-deployment security analysis critical. Existing static analysis tools miss up to 41% of reentrancy vulnerabilities due to path explosion in symbolic execution engines. We present SCAVEX, a hybrid static-dynamic analysis framework combining constrained symbolic execution with fuzzing-guided path…

Blockchain Fuzzing Smart Contracts Symbolic Execution
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USENIX Security 2025
PAPER #3  ·  2025

Side-Channel Resistance of AES-NI Implementations on Modern x86 Processors

Md Abu Saeed, Prof. Shamim Akhter, Kamrul Hasan

USENIX Security 2025  ·  August 2025

Hardware AES-NI instructions are widely assumed to be immune to cache-timing side-channel attacks due to constant-time execution guarantees. This work challenges that assumption by demonstrating a cross-core L1 cache contention attack on AES-NI in hyper-threaded environments running Intel Xeon Scalable processors. We achieve full AES-128 key recovery in under 40 minutes using 2^22 observed encryp…

AES Cryptography Hardware Security Side-Channel
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IEEE Internet of Things J…
PAPER #1  ·  2026

Quantum-Resistant Cryptographic Protocols for IoT Edge Devices

Md Abu Saeed, Dr. Rafiqul Islam, Nusrat Jahan

IEEE Internet of Things Journal  ·  Mar 2026

Proposes lightweight post-quantum cryptographic protocols for IoT edge devices, achieving NIST PQC Level 3 security with under 8 KB RAM on ARM Cortex-M4.

Cryptography IoT Security Post-Quantum Quantum Computing
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ACM CCS 2025 — Conference…
PAPER #2  ·  2025

Automated Vulnerability Discovery in Smart Contract Bytecode Using Symbolic Execution

Md Abu Saeed, Tanzim Hossain

ACM CCS 2025 — Conference on Computer a…  ·  Nov 2025

SCAVEX: a hybrid analysis framework achieving 94.2% true positive rate on smart contract vulnerabilities, outperforming Mythril, Slither, and Echidna.

Blockchain Fuzzing Smart Contracts Symbolic Execution
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USENIX Security 2025
PAPER #3  ·  2025

Side-Channel Resistance of AES-NI Implementations on Modern x86 Processors

Md Abu Saeed, Prof. Shamim Akhter, Kamrul Hasan

USENIX Security 2025  ·  Aug 2025

Demonstrates a cross-core cache contention attack on AES-NI achieving full key recovery, and proposes an Intel CAT mitigation with under 2% overhead.

AES Cryptography Hardware Security Side-Channel
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