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2 full papers accepted to WiSec 2023

Posted on January 30, 2023 by nsaxena

  • BarrierBypass: Out-of-Sight Clean Voice Command Injection Attacks through Physical Barriers
    Payton Walker, Tianfang Zhang, Cong Shi, Nitesh Saxena and Yinying Chen
    In the 15th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (WiSec), May/June 2023.
  • SoK: An Analysis of End-to-End Encryption and Authentication Ceremonies in Secure Messaging Systems
    Mashari Alatawi and Nitesh Saxena
    In the 15th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (WiSec), May 2023.

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Cybersecurity Program Led By Dr. Saxena Ranks Best!

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Zengrui Liu

UAB’s MS program in Cybersecurity ranked #1 among best cybersecurity graduate programs by Fortune. This is the program Dr. Saxena architected and led for almost a decade before he joined A&M in 2021, jointly with his superb colleagues in Criminal Justice (the same program led to UAB’s Scholarship for Service program, funded by NSF, which Dr. Saxena led as well). There are some reasonably good programs in the list, including Syracuse and Indiana Bloomington.

https://fortune.com/education/information-technology/best-masters-in-cybersecurity/

We all know rankings do not always work, but students value them, and so this one is for all current and former students of the program! Cheers!

 

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EarSpy in Media

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Zengrui Liu

The EarSpy received extensive national and international media coverage. It’s a vulnerability that can be used to eavesdrop over phone calls and caller identities by listening through benign-looking, “zero-permission” hardware sensors such as accelerometers on the phones. Led by one of SPIES PhD students, Ahmed Tanvir Mahdad, in a collaboration with several universities. The paper is here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.12151, and some instances of major coverage appears below:

EarSpy

  • This creepy Android flaw can detect your identity and even gender, MSN, December 28 2022
  • EarSpy — A New Attack on Android Devices Use Motion Sensors to Steal Sensitive Data, Medium.com, January 7, 2023
  • EarSpy can eavesdrop on your phone conversations using motion sensors, Android Police,  January 1, 2023
  • How hackers could use popular virtual reality headsets to steal sensitive informatioEarSpy : cette technique permet d’écouter vos appels grâce à l’accéléromètre, CNET France, January 3, 2023
  • EarSpy Attack Can Use Motion Sensors Data to Pry on Android Devices, Hackread, December 29, 2022
  • EarSpy attack eavesdrops on Android phones via motion, Bleepingcomputer, December 27, 2022
  • EarSpy: Spying on Phone Calls via Ear Speaker Vibrations Captured by Accelerometer, Securityweek, December 28, 2022
  • EarSpy Spying on Phone Calls via Ear Speaker Vibrations Captured by Accelerometer, Odaloop, 2 January 2023
  • EarSpy can spy on your phone calls by using motion sensors, Android Headlines, 2 January 2023
  • EarSpy can eavesdrop on your phone conversations using motion sensors, Reddit, 2 January 2023
  • Android: Interception of calls through.. motion sensors!, iTechnews Greece, January 5, 2023
  • Can the New EarSpy Hack Eavesdrop on Your Phone Conversations Through Vibrations?, Timesnow News India, January 3, 2023
  • EarSpy, Android and how smartphones can be eavesdropped, Lifestyle.bg Bulgeria, January 3, 2023
  • EarSpy’s research has proven that Androids can be eavesdropped by vibrations picked up by the accelerometer, MobileMania Czech Republic, December 29, 2022
  • EarSpy – A New Attack on Android Devices Use Motion Sensors to Steal Sensitive Data, GBhackers on Security, December 30, 2030
  • Security: how your smartphone’s call speaker can be used without your knowledge, Frandroid France, January 2, 2023

 

 

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Dr. Saxena is a Co-PI on Thematic AI Lab

Posted on November 28, 2022 by nsaxena

Dr. Saxena is a Co-PI on a new Thematic AI Lab, competitively-funded by the A&M Data Science Institute. The lab focuses on Design and Analytics for Urban AI with some emphasis on cybersecurity.

https://dal.tamids.tamu.edu/

 

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Paper accepted to PMC 2022

Posted on November 28, 2022 by nsaxena

  • Chirp-Loc: Multi-Factor Authentication via Acoustically-Generated Location Signatures  
    Prakash Shrestha, Hien Truong, Pupu Toivonen, Nitesh Saxena, Sasu Tarkoma, Petteri Nurmi
    In Pervasive and Mobile Computing (PMC) Journal, November 2022.

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Paper accepted to ICISC 2022

Posted on November 28, 2022 by nsaxena

  • Exploring Encrypted Keyboards to Defeat Client-Side Scanning in End-to-End Encryption Systems
    Mashari Alatawi, Nitesh Saxena.
    International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology (ICISC), November/December 2022

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A New Grant from NSA

Posted on October 17, 2022 by nsaxena

Dr. Saxena to co-lead a new project funded by NSA. We will be focusing on developing advanced AI techniques for malware detection.

https://engineering.tamu.edu/news/2022/10/national-security-agency-awards-grant-to-texas-am-researchers.html

 

 

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Dr. Saxena appointed as a Dean’s Research Fellow

Posted on October 17, 2022 by nsaxena

22088920956_68691b1a6c_oDr. Saxena has been appointed as a College of Engineering Dean’s Research Fellow. He will be leading the effort towards strengthening the College’s research portfolio in Data Science and Cybersecurity initiatives.

The College of Engineering at A&M ranks 10th globally among all graduate programs. It houses 15 strong academic departments, of which Computer Science and Engineering is one.

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Dr. Saxena to lead a new SaTC Medium project on Election Security

Posted on July 16, 2022 by Zengrui Liu

Dr. Saxena will be leading a newly-funded $1.2M SaTC Medium project on election security. He, in collaboration with researchers from Rice and UAB, will be building “Bubble-Aid”, an assistive AI tool to accurately read bubble marks on paper ballots and detect potential voter fraud.

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SPIES Lab’s 12th PhD Graduate — Anuradha Mandal

Posted on July 16, 2022 by Zengrui Liu

Anuradha Mandal defends her PhD dissertation. Concrete investigation of the privacy threats of human brain interfaces. Great work, intriguing insights.

SPIES Lab’s 12th PhD graduate!

 

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Recent News

  • 2 full papers accepted to WiSec 2023 January 30, 2023
  • Cybersecurity Program Led By Dr. Saxena Ranks Best! January 26, 2023
  • EarSpy in Media January 26, 2023
  • Dr. Saxena is a Co-PI on Thematic AI Lab November 28, 2022
  • Paper accepted to PMC 2022 November 28, 2022
  • Paper accepted to ICISC 2022 November 28, 2022
  • A New Grant from NSA October 17, 2022
  • Dr. Saxena appointed as a Dean’s Research Fellow October 17, 2022
  • Dr. Saxena to lead a new SaTC Medium project on Election Security July 16, 2022
  • SPIES Lab’s 12th PhD Graduate — Anuradha Mandal July 16, 2022
  • SPIES Lab’s 11th PhD Graduate – Payton Walker July 6, 2022
  • Two papers accepted to PST 2022 June 9, 2022
  • Paper accepted to ICDCS 2022 April 4, 2022
  • Paper accepted CHIL 2022 March 19, 2022
  • 2 papers accepted to WiSec 2022 March 19, 2022
  • Paper accepted to EuroS&P 2022 February 12, 2022
  • Paper accepted to ASIACCS 2022 February 12, 2022
  • Three new PhD students join the SPIES lab January 12, 2022
  • New Course: Secure Authentication Systems November 10, 2021
  • Two paper accepted to ACNS 2022 November 8, 2021

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