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publications
BSRNG: Balanced Secure Random Number Generator
Published in IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD) 2018, 2018
Hardware RNG design balancing throughput, entropy quality, and resource footprint.
Recommended citation: Monfared, et al. BSRNG: Balanced Secure Random Number Generator. IEEE ICCD, 2018.
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Fast AES on FPGA: Pipelined and Parallel Implementations
Published in IEEE ICECS 2018, 2018
Optimized AES pipelines and parallelization strategies on FPGA for high throughput.
Recommended citation: Monfared, et al. Fast AES on FPGA: Pipelined and Parallel Implementations. IEEE ICECS, 2018.
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A TSX-Based KASLR Break
Published in Black Hat Europe 2020, 2020
Leverages Intel TSX behavior to undermine KASLR assumptions in modern kernels.
Recommended citation: Monfared, et al. A TSX-Based KASLR Break. Black Hat Europe, 2020.
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HyperDbg: Reinventing Hardware-Assisted Debugging
Published in ACM CCS 2022, 2022
Hypervisor-assisted Windows debugger for transparent, high-performance kernel/user instrumentation.
Recommended citation: Karvandi, Gholamrezaei, Monfared, et al. HyperDbg: Reinventing Hardware-Assisted Debugging. In ACM CCS 2022.
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LeakyOhm: Secret Bits Extraction using Impedance Analysis
Published in ACM CCS 2023, 2023
Back-scattered PDN impedance reveals secret-dependent behavior; demonstrates practical extraction.
Recommended citation: Monfared, Mosavirik, Tajik. LeakyOhm: Secret Bits Extraction using Impedance Analysis. ACM CCS, 2023.
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RandOhm: Mitigating Impedance Side-channel Attacks via Runtime Reconfiguration
Published in arXiv 2401.08925 (ICCAD’24 companion/extended), 2024
Moving-target defense: partial reconfiguration to decorrelate PDN impedance from secrets.
Recommended citation: Monfared, Mosavirik, Tajik. RandOhm: Mitigating Impedance Side-channel Attacks via Runtime Reconfiguration. arXiv:2401.08925, 2024.
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LaserEscape: Detecting and Mitigating Optical Probing Attacks
Published in ICCAD 2024, 2024
Real-time, fully-digital (FPGA-compatible) detection and response to optical probing.
Recommended citation: Monfared, Mitard, Cannon, Forte, Tajik. LaserEscape: Detecting and Mitigating Optical Probing Attacks. ICCAD 2024.
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Chypnosis: Undervolting-based Static Side-channel Attacks
Published in IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P) 2026 — to appear; arXiv 2504.11633, 2025
Undervolting-induced static leakage enabling key extraction without dynamic switching activity.
Recommended citation: Mitard, Monfared, Khojasteh Dana, Dumitru, Yarom, Tajik. Chypnosis: Undervolting-based Static Side-channel Attacks. To appear at IEEE S&P 2026; arXiv:2504.11633, 2025.
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Undergraduate course, University 1, Department, 2014
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Workshop, University 1, Department, 2015
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