• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.865-873
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• 2024

In this study, we propose a privacy-preserving cryptographic API misuse detection framework utilizing homomorphic encryption. The proposed framework is designed to effectively detect cryptographic API misuse while maintaining data confidentiality. We employ a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)-based detection model and optimize its structure to ensure high accuracy even in an encrypted environment. Specifically, to enable efficient homomorphic operations, we leverage depth-wise convolutional layers and a cubic activation function to secure non-linearity, enabling effective misuse detection on encrypted data. Experimental results show that the proposed model achieved a high F1-score of 0.978, and the total execution time for the homomorphically encrypted model was 11.20 seconds, demonstrating near real-time processing efficiency. These findings confirm that the model offers excellent security and accuracy even when operating in a homomorphic encryption environment.