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Understanding Modular Binomials in Cryptography

In this article, I go over a toy model of modular binomials and try to demonstrate how algebraic structure or patterns in a cryptographic system can inherently break secrecy.

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The Cake is a Matrix – a CitadelCTF 2025 Challenge

In this writeup I’ll go through my thought process and solution for the challenge “The Cake is a Matrix,” which was a part of the CitadelCTF 2025 by Cryptonite. This challenge was created by goosbo.

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