A selection of publications.
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Most Recent
Key Committing Security of AEZ
Yu Long Chen, Antonio Flórez-Gutiérrez, Akiko Inoue, Ryoma Ito, Tetsu Iwata, Kazuhiko Minematsu, Nicky Mouha, Yusuke Naito, Ferdinand Sibleyras, Yosuke Todo
The Third NIST Workshop on Block Cipher Modes of Operation 2023, 1 page (2023)
Probabilistic Related-Key Statistical Saturation Cryptanalysis
Muzhou Li, Nicky Mouha, Ling Sun, Meiqin Wang
SAC 2023 (2023)
Exploring Formal Methods for Cryptographic Hash Function Implementations
Nicky Mouha
ACISP 2023, LNCS vol. 13915, pp. 177-195 (2023)
A Vulnerability in Implementations of SHA-3, SHAKE, EdDSA, and Other NIST-Approved Algorithms
Nicky Mouha, Christopher Celi
CT-RSA 2023, LNCS vol. 13871, pp. 3-28 (2023)
International Standards
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST FIPS 197-upd1, 46 pages (2023)
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27
ISO/IEC 29192-6:2019, 20 pages (2019)
Recommendation for the Triple Data Encryption Algorithm (TDEA) Block Cipher
Elaine Barker, Nicky Mouha
NIST Special Publication 800-67 Revision 2, 32 pages (2017)
International Journals
Revisiting the Extension of Matsui’s Algorithm 1 to Linear Hulls: Application to TinyJAMBU
Muzhou Li, Nicky Mouha, Ling Sun, Meiqin Wang
ToSC 2022(2), pp. 161-200 (2022)
T5: Hashing Five Inputs with Three Compression Calls
Yevgeniy Dodis, Dmitry Khovratovich, Nicky Mouha, Mridul Nandi
ITC 2021, Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, pp. 24:1–24:23 (2021)
Maximums of the Additive Differential Probability of Exclusive-Or
Nicky Mouha, Nikolay Kolomeec, Danil Akhtiamov, Ivan Sutormin, Matvey Panferov, Kseniya Titova, Tatiana Bonich, Evgeniya Ishchukova, Natalia Tokareva, Bulat Zhantulikov
ToSC 2021(2), pp. 292-313 (2021)
The Application of Formal Methods to Real-World Cryptographic Algorithms, Protocols and Systems
Nicky Mouha, Asmaa Hailane
IEEE Computer, 54(1), pp. 29-38 (2021)
Finding Bugs in Cryptographic Hash Function Implementations
Nicky Mouha, Mohammad S Raunak, D. Richard Kuhn, Raghu Kacker
IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 67(3), pp. 870-884 (2018)
Apostol Vassilev, Nicky Mouha, Luís Brandão
IEEE Computer, 51(1), pp. 94-97 (2018)
Meet-in-the-Middle Attacks on Reduced-Round GOST
Gautham Sekar, Nicky Mouha, Bart Preneel
Mathematical Aspects of Cryptography, 5(2), pp. 117-125 (2014)
Challenging the Increased Resistance of Regular Hash Functions Against Birthday Attacks
Nicky Mouha, Gautham Sekar, Bart Preneel
Journal of Mathematical Cryptology 6(3-4), pp. 229-248 (2012)
NIST Interagency Reports (NISTIRs)
Report on the Block Cipher Modes of Operation in the NIST SP 800-38 Series
Nicky Mouha, Morris Dworkin
Draft NISTIR 8459, 39 pages (2023)
Review of the Advanced Encryption Standard
Nicky Mouha
NISTIR 8319, 21 pages (2021)
Luís T. A. N. Brandão, Nicky Mouha, Apostol Vassilev
NISTIR 8214, 63 pages (2019)
Report on Lightweight Cryptography
Kerry McKay, Lawrence Bassham, Meltem Sönmez Turan, Nicky Mouha
NISTIR 8114, 27 pages (2017)
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Extending NIST’s CAVP Testing of Cryptographic Hash Function Implementations
Nicky Mouha, Christopher Celi
CT-RSA 2020, LNCS vol. 12006, pp. 129-145 (2020)
The Iterated Random Function Problem
Ritam Bhaumik, Nilanjan Datta, Avijit Dutta, Nicky Mouha, Mridul Nandi
ASIACRYPT 2017, LNCS vol. 10625, pp. 667-697 (2017)
Full Disk Encryption: Bridging Theory and Practice
Louiza Khati, Nicky Mouha, Damien Vergnaud
CT-RSA 2017, LNCS vol. 10159, pp. 1-17 (2016)
Simpira v2: A Family of Efficient Permutations Using the AES Round Function
Shay Gueron, Nicky Mouha
ASIACRYPT 2016, LNCS vol. 10031, pp. 95-125 (2016)
Multi-Key Security: The Even-Mansour Construction Revisited
Nicky Mouha, Atul Luykx
CRYPTO 2015, LNCS vol. 9215, pp. 209-223 (2015)
How to Securely Release Unverified Plaintext in Authenticated Encryption
Elena Andreeva, Andrey Bogdanov, Atul Luykx, Bart Mennink, Nicky Mouha, Kan Yasuda
ASIACRYPT 2014, LNCS vol. 8873, pp. 105-125 (2014)
Chaskey: An Efficient MAC Algorithm for 32-bit Microcontrollers
Nicky Mouha, Bart Mennink, Anthony Van Herrewege, Dai Watanabe, Bart Preneel, Ingrid Verbauwhede
SAC 2014, LNCS vol. 8781, pp. 1-18 (2014)
APE: Authenticated Permutation-Based Encryption for Lightweight Cryptography
Elena Andreeva, Begül Bilgin, Andrey Bogdanov, Atul Luykx, Bart Mennink, Nicky Mouha, Kan Yasuda
FSE 2014, LNCS vol. 8540, pp. 1-19 (2015)
UNAF: A Special Set of Additive Differences with Application to the Differential Analysis of ARX
Vesselin Velichkov, Nicky Mouha, Christophe De Cannière, Bart Preneel
FSE 2012, LNCS vol. 7549, pp. 287-305 (2012)
Differential and Linear Cryptanalysis using Mixed-Integer Linear Programming
Nicky Mouha, Qingju Wang, Dawu Gu, Bart Preneel
Inscrypt 2011, LNCS vol. 7537, pp. 57-76 (2012)
Algebraic Techniques in Differential Cryptanalysis Revisited
Meiqin Wang, Yue Sun, Nicky Mouha, Bart Preneel
ACISP 2011, LNCS vol. 6812, pp. 120-141 (2011)
Meet-in-the-Middle Attacks on Reduced-Round XTEA
Gautham Sekar, Nicky Mouha, Vesselin Velichkov, Bart Preneel
CT-RSA 2011, LNCS vol. 6558, pp. 250-267 (2011)
The Additive Differential Probability of ARX
Vesselin Velichkov, Nicky Mouha, Christophe De Cannière, Bart Preneel
FSE 2011, LNCS vol. 6733, pp. 342-358 (2011)
The Differential Analysis of S-Functions
Nicky Mouha, Vesselin Velichkov, Christophe De Cannière, Bart Preneel
SAC 2010, LNCS vol. 6544, pp. 36-56 (2011)
Cryptanalysis of the ESSENCE Family of Hash Functions
Nicky Mouha, Gautham Sekar, Jean-Philippe Aumasson, Thomas Peyrin, Søren S. Thomsen, Meltem Sönmez Turan, Bart Preneel
Inscrypt 2009, LNCS vol. 6151, pp. 15–34 (2010)
Finding Collisions for a 45-Step Simplified HAS-V
Nicky Mouha, Christophe De Cannière, Sebastiaan Indesteege, Bart Preneel
WISA 2009, LNCS vol. 5932, pp. 206-225 (2009)
Book Chapters
Nicky Mouha
Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security (2nd Ed.) pp. 768-771 (2011)
Theses
Automated Techniques for Hash Function and Block Cipher Cryptanalysis
Nicky Mouha
Ph.D. thesis, KU Leuven University, 284 pages (2012)
Nicky Mouha
Master’s thesis, KU Leuven University, 89 pages (2008)
Thesis Supervision
The Design and Efficient Software Implementation of S-boxes
Markus Ullrich
Master’s thesis, KU Leuven University, 76 pages (2010)
Technical Reports
An overview of the Eight International Olympiad in Cryptography “Non-Stop University CRYPTO”
Anastasiya Gorodilova, Natalia Tokareva, Sergey Agievich, Ilya Beterov, Tim Beyne, Lilya Budaghyan, Claude Carlet, Siemen Dhooghe, Valeria Idrisova, Nikolay Kolomeec, Alexandr Kutsenko, Ekaterina Malygina, Nicky Mouha, Marina Pudovkina, Francesco Sica, Aleksei Udovenko
arXiv 2204.11502, 28 pages (2022)
On Properties of Additive Differential Probabilities of XOR
Nicky Mouha, Nikolay Kolomeec, Danil Akhtiamov, Ivan Sutormin, Matvey Panferov, Kseniya Titova, Tatiana Bonich, Evgeniya Ishchukova, Natalia Tokareva, Bulat Zhantulikov
Prikl. Diskr. Mat. Suppl. 2021(14), pp. 46-48 (2021)
The Seventh International Olympiad in Cryptography: Problems and Solutions
Anastasiya Gorodilova, Natalia Tokareva, Sergey Agievich, Claude Carlet, Valeria Idrisova, Konstantin Kalgin, Denis Kolegov, Alexandr Kutsenko, Nicky Mouha, Marina Pudovkina, Aleksei Udovenko
arXiv 2106.01053, 25 pages (2021)
On Proving Security against Differential Cryptanalysis
Nicky Mouha
CFAIL 2019, 21 pages (2019)
Time to Standardize Threshold Schemes for Cryptographic Primitives
Luís Brandão, Michael Davidson, Nicky Mouha, Apostol Vassilev
ITL Bulletin for April 2019, 6 pages (2019)
SPHINCS-Simpira: Fast Stateless Hash-based Signatures with Post-quantum Security
Shay Gueron, Nicky Mouha
ePrint 2017/645, 12 pages (2017)
Profiles for the Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process
Larry Bassham, Çağdaş Çalık, Kerry McKay, Nicky Mouha, Meltem Sönmez Turan
NIST Cybersecurity White Paper, 10 pages (2017)
Chaskey: a MAC Algorithm for Microcontrollers — Status Update and Proposal of Chaskey-12 —
Nicky Mouha
ePrint 2015/1182, 8 pages (2015)
Ritam Bhaumik, Avijit Dutta, Jian Guo, Jérémy Jean, Nicky Mouha, Ivica Nikolić
ePrint 2015/484, 22 pages (2015)
The Design Space of Lightweight Cryptography
Nicky Mouha
NIST Lightweight Cryptography Workshop 2015, 19 pages (2015)
Towards Finding Optimal Differential Characteristics for ARX: Application to Salsa20
Nicky Mouha, Bart Preneel
ePrint 2013/328, 29 pages (2013)
Tuple cryptanalysis of ARX with application to BLAKE and Skein
Jean-Philippe Aumasson, Gaëtan Leurent, Willi Meier, Florian Mendel, Nicky Mouha, Raphael C.-W. Phan, Yu Sasaki, Petr Susil
ECRYPT II Hash Workshop 2011, 13 pages (2011)
Security Evaluation of the K2 Stream Cipher
Andrey Bodganov, Nicky Mouha, Gautham Sekar, Elmar Tischhauser, Deniz Toz, Kerem Varıcı, Vesselin Velichkov, Meiqin Wang
CRYPTREC Technical Report, 46 pages (2011)
Finding Optimal Bitsliced Implementations of 4 x 4-bit S-boxes
Markus Ullrich, Christophe De Cannière, Sebastiaan Indesteege, Özgül Küçük, Nicky Mouha, Bart Preneel
SKEW 2011, 20 pages (2011)