Gaven J. Watson

24 papers A* 6B 1Misc 1Journal 12Unranked 4

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2023	—	`conf`	Unidirectional Updatable Encryption and Proxy Re-encryption from DDH. Public Key Cryptography (2) Peihan Miao, Sikhar Patranabis, Gaven J. Watson
2023	—	`conf`	White-Box Cryptography with Global Device Binding from Message-Recoverable Signatures and Token-Based Obfuscation. COSADE Shashank Agrawal, Estuardo Alpirez Bock, Yilei Chen, Gaven J. Watson
2022	J	`jnl`	Avoiding Lock Outs: Proactive FIDO Account Recovery using Managerless Group Signatures. IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch. Sunpreet S. Arora, Saikrishna Badrinarayanan, Srinivasan Raghuraman, Maliheh Shirvanian, Kim Wagner, Gaven J. Watson
2022	J	`jnl`	Unidirectional Updatable Encryption and Proxy Re-encryption from DDH or LWE. IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch. Peihan Miao, Sikhar Patranabis, Gaven J. Watson
2021	A*	`conf`	A PKI-based Framework for Establishing Efficient MPC Channels. CCS Daniel Masny, Gaven J. Watson
2021	J	`jnl`	A PKI-based Framework for Establishing Efficient MPC Channels. IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch. Daniel Masny, Gaven J. Watson
2021	A*	`conf`	Reducing HSM Reliance in Payments through Proxy Re-Encryption. USENIX Security Symposium Sivanarayana Gaddam, Atul Luykx, Rohit Sinha, Gaven J. Watson
2021	J	`jnl`	Reducing HSM Reliance in Payments through Proxy Re-Encryption. IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch. Sivanarayana Gaddam, Atul Luykx, Rohit Sinha, Gaven J. Watson
2021	J	`jnl`	White-box Cryptography with Device Binding from Token-based Obfuscation and more. IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch. Shashank Agrawal, Estuardo Alpirez Bock, Yilei Chen, Gaven J. Watson
2014	J	`jnl`	Anonymity guarantees of the UMTS/LTE authentication and connection protocol. Int. J. Inf. Sec. Ming-Feng Lee, Nigel P. Smart, Bogdan Warinschi, Gaven J. Watson
2013	J	`jnl`	An Analysis of the EMV Channel Establishment Protocol. IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch. Christina Brzuska, Nigel P. Smart, Bogdan Warinschi, Gaven J. Watson
2013	A*	`conf`	An analysis of the EMV channel establishment protocol. CCS Christina Brzuska, Nigel P. Smart, Bogdan Warinschi, Gaven J. Watson
2013	J	`jnl`	Anonymity Guarantees of the UMTS/LTE Authentication and Connection Protocol. IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch. Ming-Feng Lee, Nigel P. Smart, Bogdan Warinschi, Gaven J. Watson
2013	B	`conf`	The Low-Call Diet: Authenticated Encryption for Call Counting HSM Users. CT-RSA Mike Bond, George French, Nigel P. Smart, Gaven J. Watson
2012	—	`conf`	Authenticated-Encryption with Padding: A Formal Security Treatment. Cryptography and Security Kenneth G. Paterson, Gaven J. Watson
2012	—	`conf`	LoSt: location based storage. CCSW Gaven J. Watson, Reihaneh Safavi-Naini, Mohsen Alimomeni, Michael E. Locasto, Shivaramakrishnan Narayan
2012	J	`jnl`	The low-call diet: Authenticated Encryption for call counting HSM users. IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch. Mike Bond, George French, Nigel P. Smart, Gaven J. Watson
2011	A*	`conf`	On Cipher-Dependent Related-Key Attacks in the Ideal-Cipher Model. FSE Martin R. Albrecht, Pooya Farshim, Kenneth G. Paterson, Gaven J. Watson
2011	J	`jnl`	On Cipher-Dependent Related-Key Attacks in the Ideal-Cipher Model. IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch. Martin R. Albrecht, Pooya Farshim, Kenneth G. Paterson, Gaven J. Watson
2011	J	`jnl`	Provable Security in the Real World. IEEE Secur. Priv. Jean Paul Degabriele, Kenneth G. Paterson, Gaven J. Watson
2010	A*	`conf`	Plaintext-Dependent Decryption: A Formal Security Treatment of SSH-CTR. EUROCRYPT Kenneth G. Paterson, Gaven J. Watson
2010	J	`jnl`	Plaintext-Dependent Decryption: A Formal Security Treatment of SSH-CTR. IACR Cryptol. ePrint Arch. Kenneth G. Paterson, Gaven J. Watson
2009	A*	`conf`	Plaintext Recovery Attacks against SSH. SP Martin R. Albrecht, Kenneth G. Paterson, Gaven J. Watson
2008	Misc	`conf`	Immunising CBC Mode Against Padding Oracle Attacks: A Formal Security Treatment. SCN Kenneth G. Paterson, Gaven J. Watson

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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