THE 2^nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CRYPTOGRAPHY AND INFORMATION SECURITY

– VCRIS 2025 –

October 30-31, 2025

Academy of Cryptography Techniques, Hanoi, Vietnam

PROGRAM

VCRIS 2025 TECHNICAL PROGRAM 30-31/10/2025

VCRIS 2025 Conference Schedule

Day 1: Opening and Keynote Sessions

8:00 – 8:30: Registration and Welcome Coffee

Venue: Meeting hall

8:30 – 8:50: Opening Ceremony (Meeting hall)

Opening speech by the host organization (the ACT) leader and the conference general chair.

Welcome address by the representative of the co-organizing institution (optional).

PC Chair’s scientific report of VCRIS2025

8:50 – 9:35: Keynote Session 1 (Meeting hall)

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Wouter Castryck, Research group COSIC, KU Leuven

Topic: Isogeny-based cryptography: an overview of the current landscape

Chair: Prof Mizuhito Ogawa

9:35 – 10:20: Keynote Session 2 (Meeting hall)

Keynote Speaker: Professor Tanaka Kiyofumi, JAIST, Japan

Topic: Challenges in High-Performance Cryptographic Hardware Design

Chair: Prof. Hoang Xuan Dau (PTIT)

10:20 – 10:35

Group Photo
Coffee Break

10:35 – 11:55: Scientific Paper Presentations (Parallel Sessions)

Session 1 (Meeting hall)

Chair: Dr. Florian Caullery (TII), Dr. Hoang Tuan Hao (LQDTU)

Format: 4 full papers, 20 minutes per presentation

#	Authors	Title
60	Florian Caullery	A PQC Engine You Didn’t Know You Had: Exploring DSP for Cryptographic Acceleration
31	Van Nghi Nguyen, Minh Thang Vu, Thi Hanh Tran, Hai Nam Ngo, Ba Linh Vu and Van Duan Nguyen	Implementation of the BHT quantum algorithm for fiding collisions of a lightweight hash function on IBM “Sherbrooke” via Qiskit
34	Hoang Tuong and Hoang Thuc	Threshold-Based Entity Authentication for PKCS#11: A Cryptographic Protocol Using Shamir’s Secret Sharing123
25	Rajan Datt, Dhiraj Singh, Ayush Goyal, Tejas Singh, Rajesh Gupta, Dr. Sudeep Tanwar and Anand Nayyar	Q-SafeAV: Quantum-enabled Secure Intra-Sensor Communication Framework for Avs ONLINE

Session 2 (Room 2.1)

Chair: Dr Mai Duc Tho (ACT), Prof. Hoang Xuan Dau (PTIT)

Format: 5 full papers, 20 minutes per presentation

#	Authors	Title
17	Dang Phan Hai, Hung Nguyen Trong, Khanh Huynh Ngoc and Duc-Tho Mai	DefacementFusion: A Robust Multi-Modal Defacement Detection
66	Hanh Du Phuong, Minh Tran Quang, Tuyen Nguyen Thanh and Hoa Nguyen Ngoc	Multi-Layer Defense for AI-powered IDS: Ensemble Adversarial Training and Explainable Resilience to Evasion Attacks
69	Dai Bui and Tuan-Dung Tran	Beyond Robustness: On the Unforgeability Trade-offs in Statistical DNN Watermarking
48	Le Quoc Ngo, Tran Tien Nhat, Quyen Nguyen Huu, Van-Hau Pham and The Duy Phan	UniFuzz: A Unified Fuzzing Framework for Smart Contract Vulnerability Detection with LLMs and Audit Reports
29	Nguyen Thanh Hai and Tạ Minh Thanh	Robust Image Watermarking Algorithm Integrating QR and Singular Value Decomposition in the Discrete Wavelet Transform Domain

12:15 – 14:00: Lunch Break

Afternoon Sessions

14:00 – 17:00: Scientific Paper Presentations (Parallel Sessions)

Session 3 (Meeting hall)

Chair: Dr Cao Van Loi (LQDTU), Prof. Do Xuan Cho (PTIT)

Format: 6 full papers, 20 minutes per presentation

#	Authors	Title
64	Manh Tuan Nguyen, Trang Dang Le Dinh and Van Loi Cao	Cross-System Few-shot Log Anomaly Detection with Transformer-based Supervised Autoencoder and Data Augmentation
59	Dinh Le Thanh Cong, Ho Hoang Diep, Hoàng Khoa Nghi, Hien Do Thi Thu and The Duy Phan	Multimodal Fusion of Behavior Graphs and API Sequences for Ransomware Detection
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
33	Trong Binh Hoang and Van Linh Dinh	Intrusion Detection in IoT Networks using a Hybrid Quantum-Classical Graph Neural Network
54	Trung Pham Duy, Ho Truong Phi, Khanh Do Duy and Hai Nguyen Nhat	DBA: A Novel Diffusion-Based Method for Adversarial Defense via Image Restoration
67	Ngoc-Giau Pham, Khac-Hoang Nguyen, Hong-Ngoc Tran and Phuoc-Hung Vo	Multi-Scale Attention-Enhanced Block-Based Steganography: A Comprehensive Analysis of Capacity-Quality Trade-offs
44	Thuan Le Duc, Thanh Nguyen Van and Huong Pham Van	Android Malware Classification Based on Graph Features and Deep Learning Models

Session 4 (Room 2.1)

Chair: Prof Ta Minh Thanh, Dr Dao Ba Anh (ACT)

Format: 5 full papers, 20 minutes per presentation

#	Authors	Title
43	Dinh Khanh Linh, Nguyen Long Giang, Nguyen Hieu Minh, Do Thi Bac, A. Alexandr Moldovyan, N. Dmitriy Moldovyan and A. Kostina Anna	POST-QUANTUM SIGNATURE ALGORITHM ON FINITE MATRIX ALGEBRAS, USING THREE HIDDEN GROUPS
65	Ba Anh Dao, Dinh-Hung Le and Ngoc-Quynh Nguyen	FPGA Implementation of Kuznyechik Block Cipher with Improved Resource Efficiency
14:40 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15	Phetphachan Thammasith, Nguyen Trung Hieu and Nguyen Hieu Minh	Optimizing Secure Network Coding: A Comparative Analysis of Hybrid Cryptosystems with Relay Enhanced Topology
6	Van Linh Dinh, Phuong Thao Hoang Thi and Van Yem Vu	Turbo Codes-based Physical Layer Security Method Against Passive Eavesdropping Attacks For MIMO Wireless Communication Systems
23	Stephanie Shinn and Sena Hounsinou	CRYSTALS-Kyber KEM Decapsulation with Single-Point Pseudo-Random Cache Flushing

17:00: Transport to Gala Dinner venue

17:30: Gala dinner

Day 2: Keynotes and Scientific Sessions

8:30 – 9:15: Keynote Session 3 (Meeting hall)

Keynote Speaker: DR. FLORIAN CAULLERY, Cryptographer at the Technoloy Innovation Institute (TII) in Abu Dhabi, UAE

Topic: One Chip, Many Engines: Accelerating and Securing cryptographic algorithms on modern SoCs

Chair: Professor Tanaka Kiyofumi

9:15 – 9:30: Coffee break

9:30 – 11:35: Scientific Paper Presentations (Parallel Sessions)

Session 5 (Meeting hall)

Chair: Dr. Tran Thi Luong (ACT), Dr. Mai Duc Tho (ACT)

Format: 6 full papers, 20 minutes per presentation

#	Authors	Title
12	Thanh Tra Ung, Cong Thanh Nguyen, Duy Le Tan, Duy Trung Pham and Thu Lam Bui	A Hybrid Balancing Method for IDS Datasets Using CTGAN + KMeans
14	Anh Tu Tran and Thi Hong Ha Nguyen	SecPATE: A Novel Approach for Aggregation of Teacher Ensembles with Secure Multi-Party Computation
63	Tuan-Dung Tran, Dinh Khang Nguyen, Quang Trung Do and Van-Hau Pham	VeriBridge: Real-Time Cross-Chain Bridge Attack Detection through Static-Informed Graph Anomaly Learning
10	Quang-Minh Luu and Hong-Ngoc Tran	Hardening DLT-Daemon against TOCTOU Vulnerabilities: A Study on Atomic Mutex Locking for Critical State Resilience
68	Yen Pham Thi, Thanh Ta Minh and Minh Nguyen Hieu	Novel Blind Colour Image Watermarking Technique Using Schur Decomposition
7	Ngoc An Le, Xuan Dau Hoang and Thi Thu Trang Ninh	A Multimodal Model for Detecting Vietnamese Toxic News Using Semi-supervised Learning

Session 6 (Room 2.1)

Chair: Dr Nguyen Thi Tuyet Trinh (ACT), Dr Nguyen Bui Cuong

Format: 5 full papers, 20 minutes per presentation

#	Authors	Title
61	Dang The Hung and Nguyen Hieu Minh	Reliability and Security Analysis of Power Beacon Based Half-Duplex Relaying System With Hardware Impairments
55	Thanh Phong Nguyen, Tan Cam Nguyen, Van Than Huynh, Tan Nguyen and Hieu Minh Nguyen	Improved Neural Distinguisher for PRESENT-80 using Inception and Efficient Channel Attention in Related-Key Multi-Pair Setting
57	Nga Tran Thi, Thanh-Tung Nguyen, Duc-Cong Nguyen, Van-Hung Dinh and Duc-Tho Mai	Blockchain-Integrated 5G Authentication: A ProVerif Formal Analysis Approach
49	Tran Ngoc Quy, Nguyen Nhu Chiến and Le Thi Ninh	Adversarial Noise Injection for Side-Channel Resistance
56	Phuong Truong Minh, Thuc Hoang Van, Luong Tran Thi and Duyet Bui Nhat	A Method For Dynamically Modifying Component Transformations in The AES Block Cipher Applied To Image Data Encryption

11:35 – 14:00: Lunch Break

Afternoon Sessions

14:00 – 15:20: Scientific Paper Presentations

Session 7 for Short papers (Meeting hall)

Chair: Dr. Tran Anh Tu (ACT), Dr Tran Ngoc Quy (ACT)

Format: 4 full papers, 15 minutes per presentation

#	Authors	Title
20	Ha Hai Pham, Duc Chinh Bui, Ngoc Vinh Hao Nguyen, Hai Le, Tien Dinh and Viet Manh Nguyen	Side-Channel Attack on XOR Operation in the First Round of AES Implementation on STM32 Microcontroller Board
52	Linh Nguyen Thi Thuy, Thanh-Ngoc Nguyen, Trinh Bui Duc and Duc-Tho Mai	RTL Design and Implementation of the TWINE-80 Lightweight Block Cipher
26	Linh Hoang Dinh, Luong Tran and Long Nguyen Van	BLOCKTAIL: A Large-Size and Efficiently Implemented Bit-Oriented Design for Block Ciphers and Permutations
5	Liang Xia	Algorithm for prime factorization of large integer in polynomial time

Session 8 for Short papers (Room 2.1)

Chair: Dr Le Anh Tien (ACT), Dr Hoang Duc Tho (ACT)

Format: 4 papers, 15 minutes per presentation

#	Authors	Title
9	Quang-Minh Tran, Tuan Cuong Nguyen and Hong-Ngoc Tran	Stochastic Updating in Federated Learning
47	Ngoc-Van-Khanh Duong and Thai-Son Nguyen	Reversible data hiding in encrypted images using two-pass improved pixel value ordering on high-bit segments
40	Nin Ho Le Viet, Hoang Duc Tho, Nguyen Kim Tuan and Tong Minh Duc	DETECTING SOURCE CODE VULNERABILITIES ACROSS PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES USING TRADITIONAL MACHINE LEARNING: A TRANSFER LEARNING BASED AND LANGUAGE INDEPENDENT APPROACH
28	Phuong-Nam Nguyen	A Model of Quantum Tunneling with Knots and Braid Operators