shymaa arafatCrypto Crimes 2023–2024 ReportI’ve just told you in a previous article about CSS (Client Side Scanning) and how it is being promoted (with major objections from the…Jun 281Jun 281
shymaa arafatApplications of Blockchain Technology in the Water FieldThis article is kind of a simplified preprint of a paper I’ve submitted. So, I’ll start here assuming prior knowledge of Blockchains, and…Jun 24Jun 24
shymaa arafatBugs in Our Pockets (Client Side Scanning) from 2021 to 2024A must read paper [1] if you have ever passed by, is a one with 14 authors of 1st-Tier Cryptography pioneers: Bruce Schneier, [2], the…Jun 211Jun 211
shymaa arafatWorkshop Proposal: Metaverse Security Threats I thought I should suggest to you in more details the Metaverse idea because it may have a lot of sponsoring international companies that…May 51May 51
shymaa arafatA very simple e-voting system that provides end-to-end verifiability solid enough to stand in courtWell, honestly this was rejected. However when I read more about problems that did reached court in other e-voting systems like Estonia…Jan 181Jan 181
shymaa arafatBlockchain Interoperability -part1In my 2nd DeFi attacks article (https://medium.com/@shymaa.arafat/defi-attacks-part-2- 45c7e2c9c00) I said that “bridges" is an area I…Nov 3, 20231Nov 3, 20231
shymaa arafatWhat Happened to PolyNetwork?2021 then 2023If you ever read a survey about Blockchain Interoperability solutions, you will probably find PolyNetwork under side chain bridges. Those…Oct 22, 2023Oct 22, 2023
shymaa arafatCBDCs— part1Shymaa M. Arafat shymaa.arafat@gmail.com, shar.academic@gmail.comJul 1, 20235Jul 1, 20235
shymaa arafatDeFi Attacks — part 2We ended part 1 with this figure from [1] describing several forms of MEV attacks, Fig.1 Jun 25, 20232Jun 25, 20232