XTRUST-6G Publications


The XTRUST-6G project is generating high-impact scientific results in the areas of zero-trust security, AI-driven cyber threat intelligence, post-quantum protection, federated learning, and resilient 6G infrastructures.

XTRUST-6G ensures alignment with Horizon Europe Open Science requirements, providing Green or Gold Open Access wherever possible and depositing publications in trusted repositories.

Below you can find the peer-reviewed publications produced so far by the consortium:

Publications in Journals and Magazines:

  1. Drif, I. Bedhief, and S. Chatzinotas, “Distributed Key Relay: OSPF for Effective QKD,” IEEE Comm. Stand. Mag., pp. 1–1, 2025, doi: 10.1109/mcomstd.2025.3572642
  2. Bountzis, D. Kavallieros, T. Tsikrika, S. Vrochidis, and I. Kompatsiaris, “A deep one-class classifier for network anomaly detection using autoencoders and one-class support vector machines,” Front. Comput. Sci., vol. 7, Oct. 2025, doi: 10.3389/fcomp.2025.1646679. Zenodo link: https://zenodo.org/records/17776612
  3. Razdan, R. Sell, M. I. Akbas, and M. Menase, “Perspectives on Safety for Autonomous Vehicles,” Electronics, vol. 14, no. 22, p. 4500, Nov. 2025, doi: 10.3390/electronics14224500.
  4. Chaskos, N. Kolokotronis, and S. Shiaeles, “A Next-Generation Cyber-Range Framework for O-RAN and 6G Security Validation,” Future Internet, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 29, Jan. 2026, doi: 10.3390/fi18010029
  5. C. Asimopoulos, P. Radoglou-Grammatikis, G. Th. Papadopoulos, and P. Sarigiannidis, “Beyond vulnerabilities: A comprehensive survey of adversarial attacks across domains,” Computer Science Review, vol. 61, p. 100963, Aug. 2026, doi: 10.1016/j.cosrev.2026.100963. Zenodo link: https://zenodo.org/records/19426600
  6. Spyros, P. Chatzimisios, D. Kavallieros, T. Tsikrika, S. Vrochidis, and Y. Kompatsiaris, “A Comprehensive Survey and Taxonomy of Cybersecurity Challenges and Proactive Measures for IoD,” ACM Comput. Surv., vol. 58, no. 7, pp. 1–35, Feb. 2026, doi: 10.1145/3785658. Zenodo link: https://zenodo.org/records/20796285
  7. Germanos, A. Lekidis, S. Brotsisand N. Kolokotronis, “Blockchain architectures for enhancing EV infrastructure security: A unified framework for addressing sophisticated cyber-attacks”, Feb. 2026, doi: 10.1016/j.future.2026.108426.

Publications in Conferences:

  1. Papoutsis et al., “CTI-GEN: A Framework for Generating STIX 2.1 Compliant CTI Using Generative AI,” 2025 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR). IEEE, pp. 334–341, Aug. 04, 2025. doi: 1109/csr64739.2025.11130126. Zenodo Link: https://zenodo.org/records/15711250
  2. Papoutsis et al., “RuleXploit: A Framework for Generating Suricata Rules from Exploits Using Generative AI,” 2025 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR). IEEE, pp. 267–274, Aug. 04, 2025. doi: 1109/csr64739.2025.11130010. Zenodo link: https://zenodo.org/records/15711290
  3. Rizvi, B. A. S. Al-Rimy, N. Anjum, and A. Kanta, “Evaluating Forensic Log Readiness in Simulated 6G Networks,” 2025 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR). IEEE, pp. 1094–1099, Aug. 04, 2025. doi: 10.1109/csr64739.2025.11130064.
  4. Kopanias, P. Sotiropoulos, N. Kolokotronis, and C. Vassilakis, “MiniLib: A flow analysis–based approach for attack surface reduction through software debloating,” 2025 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR). IEEE, pp. 260–266, Aug. 04, 2025. doi: 10.1109/csr64739.2025.11129981. Zenodo link: https://zenodo.org/records/18600305
  5. Ntouros, E. Poulitsis, S. Brotsis, K. P. Grammatikakis, and N. Kolokotronis, “DLT-EVA: Hardening O-RAN Auditing and Digital Evidence Preservation Through Blockchain,” 2025 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR). IEEE, pp. 1075–1081, Aug. 04, 2025. doi: 10.1109/csr64739.2025.11130031. Zenodo link: https://zenodo.org/records/17786029
  6. Psaltis, K. Ntouros, A. Lekidis, S. Brotsis, and N. Kolokotronis, “Evaluating 5G-enabled EV Charging Infrastructure’s Resilience Through Stealthy Cyber-Attacks,” 2025 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR). IEEE, pp. 923–928, Aug. 04, 2025. doi: 10.1109/csr64739.2025.11130009. Zenodo link: https://zenodo.org/records/17786168
  7. Bendiab, K. Zeltni, M. Bader-El-Den, and S. Shiaeles, “Audio-deepfake: Generation Methods, Legitimate Applications and the Potential for Misuse,” 2025 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR). IEEE, pp. 50–56, Aug. 04, 2025. doi: 10.1109/csr64739.2025.11130020.
  8. Rezaei, R. Taheri, I. Jordanov, and S. Shiaeles, “Adapt-LFA: Adaptive Gradient-Guided Label Flipping Attack Against Federated Learning-based Intrusion Detection in IoT,” 2025 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR). IEEE, pp. 407–412, Aug. 04, 2025. doi: 10.1109/csr64739.2025.11130071.
  9. Amponis et al., “Fortified Control-Plane Encapsulation with Session-Key Derivation for Secure IP Mesh Routing,” 2025 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR). IEEE, pp. 944–949, Aug. 04, 2025. doi: 10.1109/csr64739.2025.11130165. Zenodo Link: https://zenodo.org/records/17169779
  10. Amponis et al., “Jamming-Resilient Handover Triggering for Programmable 6G Radio Access Networks using Reinforcement Learning,” 2025 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (NFV-SDN). IEEE, pp. 1–6, Nov. 10, 2025. doi: 10.1109/nfv-sdn66355.2025.11349416. Zenodo link: https://zenodo.org/records/18592920
  11. Bellone, R.-M. Soe, R. Sell, “iseAuto as a Testbed for Safe Autonomous Driving: Bridging Formal Verification and Artificial Intelligence”, 2025. Zenodo Link: https://zenodo.org/records/17605808
  12. Valiakos, A. Lekidis, and P. Elpiniki, “Predicting EV Charging Station Load by Applying LSTM Techniques,” 2025 16th International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems & Applications (IISA). IEEE, pp. 1–8, Jul. 10, 2025. doi: 10.1109/iisa66859.2025.11311334.
  13. Mehboob, N. Bashir, J. O. Iglesias, M. Zink, and D. Irwin, “EcoLearn: Optimizing the Carbon Footprint of Federated Learning,” Proceedings of the Tenth ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing. ACM, pp. 1–16, Dec. 03, 2025. doi: 10.1145/3769102.3770625. https://zenodo.org/records/17936422
  14. Spalas and N. Kolokotronis, “Post-Quantum Security Evaluation of Aeronautical Communications,” 2025 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR). IEEE, pp. 295–301, Aug. 04, 2025. doi: 10.1109/csr64739.2025.11130013.
  15. Vannella, T. Chu, D. S. Noguero, and S. Spantideas, “Knowledge Distillation-Driven Federated Learning as a Service for Resource-Constrained Edge Intelligence,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 385–393, 2026. doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-26123-6_33.
  16. Wang, J. S. Vardakas, and C. Verikoukis, “Energy-Efficient Resource Management via Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning in O-RAN,” ICC 2026 – IEEE International Conference on Communications. IEEE, pp. 1–6, May 24, 2026. doi: 10.1109/icc59461.2026.11587974.
  17. Ketzaki, D. Kavallieros, T. Tsikrika, S. Vrochidis, and I. Kompatsiaris, “Evaluating Model Robustness Under Adversarial Shifts,” 2026 32nd International Conference on Telecommunications (ICT). IEEE, pp. 303–303, May 20, 2026. doi: 10.1109/ict70370.2026.11594742.
  18. F. Zanella, J. Suárez-Varela, A. Lutu, and J. O. Iglesias, “From Hardware to Handovers: Mapping Smartphone Tiers to Mobility Diversity,” IEEE INFOCOM 2026 – IEEE Conference on Computer Communications. IEEE, pp. 3665–3666, May 18, 2026. doi: 10.1109/infocom59046.2026.11571227.
  19. G. Abreha, F. Vista, I. Bedhief, S. Koudia, and S. Chatzinotas, “Application-Specific Routing Strategies in SDN-Enabled Quantum Key Distribution Networks for 6G Security,” 2026 International Conference on Quantum Communications, Networking, and Computing (QCNC). IEEE, pp. 375–377, Apr. 06, 2026. doi: 10.1109/qcnc69040.2026.00065.