Eckhard Pfluegel

19 papers B 1Journal 4Unranked 14

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2026	J	`jnl`	Hybridization of Cryptographic Primitives: A Generalized Framework for Adaptive Security. IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch. Zahra Seyedi, Eckhard Pfluegel, Shahzad Ahmad, Willie Kouam, Stefan Rass
2023	J	`jnl`	Threshold Cryptography-Based Secure Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Communication in 5G-Enabled Intelligent Transportation Systems. Future Internet Nuwan Weerasinghe, Muhammad Arslan Usman, Chaminda Hewage, Eckhard Pfluegel, Christos Politis
2022	—	`conf`	Efficient Cyber-Evidence Sharing Using Zero-Knowledge Proofs. Cyber Science Arman Zand, Eckhard Pfluegel
2020	—	`conf`	A Secure Framework for Anti-Money-Laundering using Machine Learning and Secret Sharing. Cyber Security Arman Zand, James Orwell, Eckhard Pfluegel
2020	J	`jnl`	Security attacks on smart grid scheduling and their defences: a game-theoretic approach. Int. J. Inf. Sec. Matthias Pilz, Fariborz Baghaei Naeini, Ketil Grammont, Coline Smagghe, Mastaneh Davis, Jean-Christophe Nebel, Luluwah Al-Fagih, Eckhard Pfluegel
2018	—	`conf`	Ensuring Message Freshness in A Multi-Channel SMS Steganographic Banking Protocol. Cyber Security Omego Obinna, Eckhard Pfluegel, Martin J. Tunnicliffe, Charles A. Clarke
2018	J	`jnl`	Security Attacks on Smart Grid Scheduling and Their Defences: A Game-Theoretic Approach. CoRR Matthias Pilz, Fariborz Baghaei Naeini, Ketil Grammont, Coline Smagghe, Mastaneh Davis, Jean-Christophe Nebel, Luluwah Al-Fagih, Eckhard Pfluegel
2017	—	`conf`	A multi-channel steganographic protocol for secure SMS mobile banking. ICITST Omego Obinna, Eckhard Pfluegel, Charles A. Clarke, Martin J. Tunnicliffe
2017	—	`conf`	Improved software vulnerability patching techniques using CVSS and game theory. Cyber Security Louai Maghrabi, Eckhard Pfluegel, Luluwah Al-Fagih, Roman Graf, Giuseppe Settanni, Florian Skopik
2016	—	`conf`	Designing utility functions for game-theoretic cloud security assessment: a case for using the common vulnerability scoring system. Cyber Security And Protection Of Digital Services Louai Maghrabi, Eckhard Pfluegel, Senna Fathima Noorji
2016	B	`conf`	Improving Automatic Speech Recognition for Mobile Learning of Mathematics Through Incremental Parsing. Intelligent Environments (Workshops) Marina Isaac, Eckhard Pfluegel, Gordon Hunter, James Denholm-Price, Dilaksha Attanayake, Guillaume Coter
2015	—	`conf`	An evaluation of feature selection and reduction algorithms for network IDS data. CyberSA Therese Bjerkestrand, Dimitris Tsaptsinos, Eckhard Pfluegel
2015	—	`conf`	Chaos-based image encryption using an AONT mode of operation. CyberSA Andrius Rickus, Eckhard Pfluegel, Nigel Atkins
2015	—	`conf`	Moving assets to the cloud: A game theoretic approach based on trust. CyberSA Louai Maghrabi, Eckhard Pfluegel
2015	—	`conf`	Multi-channel overlay protocols: Implementing ad-hoc message authentication in social media platforms. CyberSA Charles A. Clarke, Eckhard Pfluegel, Dimitris Tsaptsinos
2015	—	`conf`	Securing Neighbourhood Discovery for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks. VTC Fall Nuwan Weerasinghe, Alexandros Ladas, Olayinka Adigun, Eckhard Pfluegel, Christos Politis
2014	—	`conf`	Hide-as-you-Type: An Approach to Natural Language Steganography through Sentence Modification. HPCC/CSS/ICESS Charles A. Clarke, Eckhard Pfluegel, Dimitris Tsaptsinos
2013	—	`conf`	A Probabilistic Algorithm for Secret Matrix Share Size Reduction. EW Eckhard Pfluegel, Emmanouil A. Panaousis, Christos Politis
2013	—	`conf`	Enhanced Virtual Private Social Networks: Implementing user content confidentiality. ICITST Charles A. Clarke, Eckhard Pfluegel, Dimitris Tsaptsinos

Nicolò Altamura is a security engineer and computer science researcher specializing in software protection, reverse engineering, program analysis, and binary deobfuscation. He holds a master's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Verona, graduating with honors, and works at emproof, focusing on software protection and the challenges of analyzing and understanding compiled software.

His research explores the relationship between program analysis and code obfuscation, with particular emphasis on how software transformations affect the ability of automated tools to recover program behavior. His interests span static analysis, binary analysis, decompilation, reverse engineering, and techniques for analyzing and simplifying obfuscated code.

Beyond academic research, Nicolò develops and contributes to tools for reverse engineering and software analysis. His projects include obfuscation_analysis, a Binary Ninja plugin for analyzing and simplifying obfuscated code; Pocket, an obfuscator for mixed Boolean-arithmetic expressions; and ptxNinja, a tool for reverse engineering NVIDIA GPU code represented in the PTX virtual instruction set.

His research also extends to binary datasets and software evolution. In 2026, he co-authored ASSEMBLAGE-DEEPHISTORY: A Cross-Build Binary Dataset with Temporal Coverage, a research work addressing the availability of binary data across multiple software builds and points in time, supporting research into binary analysis and changes between program versions.

Across his research, engineering work, and open-source contributions, Nicolò focuses on advancing the understanding, analysis, and protection of software against increasingly sophisticated obfuscation and reverse-engineering challenges.

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