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SPIES Lab, Computer Science and Engineering

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

Research Projects

Following is a list of our active projects, broadly scoped and focusing on systems-oriented as well as theoretical aspects:

  1. Authentication
    • Voice Authentication: All Your Voices are Belong to Us
    • Multi-Factor Authentication
      • Listening Watch: Wearable Two-Factor Authentication using Speech Signals Resilient to Near-Far Attacks
      • Mix Bandwidth TFA
      • DE-PAKE: Device-Enhanced Password Protocols with Optimal Online-Offline Protection
      • Sound-Danger: Dangers of Second-Factor Login based on Ambient Audio
    • Behavioral Biometrics
      • ZEBRA Attack: Pitfalls in Designing Zero-Effort Deauthentication
      • Gametrics: Towards Attack-Resilient Behavioral Authentication with Simple Cognitive Games
      • Tap Biometrics: Transparently Authenticating NFC Users with Tapping Gesture Biometrics
      • VibWrite: Towards Finger-input Authentication on Ubiquitous Surfaces via Physical Vibration
      • YELP: Masking Sound-based Opportunistic Attacks in Zero-Effort Deauthentication
    • Password Management
      • SPHINX: A Password Store that Perfectly Hides Passwords from Itself
    • Security of Wearable Computing
      • Home Alone: The Insider Threat of Unattended Wearables and A Defense using Audio Proximity
      • The Comprehensive Survey on the Security of Wearable Computing
    • Contextual Security
  2. End-to-End Encryption
    • Wiretapping via Mimicry
    • Cyrpto Phones Security and Usability
    • E2E App Study
    • CCCP: Closed Caption Crypto Phones to Resist MITM Attacks, Human Errors and Click-Through
  3. Side Channels, Information Leakage, Privacy
    • Speechless: Analyzing the Threat to Speech Privacy from Smartphone Motion Sensors
    • Keystroke Emanations
    • Vibrational Emanations
    • YELP: Masking Sound-based Opportunistic Attacks in Zero-Effort Deauthentication
    • Slogger: Defense against Smartphone Keyloggers
    • The Comprehensive Survey on the Security of Wearable Computing
  4. Neuro Security and Brainwave Privacy
    • fMRI Study of Phishing and Malware Warnings
    • EEG + Eye Tracking Study of Phishing and Malware Warnings
    • fNIRS Study of Phishing
    • PEEP: Learning Passwords from Brainwaves
  5. Next Generation CAPTCHAs
    • DCG: Investigation of Dynamic Cognitive Game CAPTCHAs
    • EI-DCG: Emerging Image Game CAPTCHAs for Resisting Automated and Human-Solver Relay Attacks
    • EI-Nu: Emerging-Image Motion CAPTCHAs: Vulnerabilities of Existing Designs, and Countermeasures
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*Current research has been externally supported by NSF (multiple grants and multiple programs), DoJ/NIJ, Google (2 Faculty Research Awards), Comcast, Cisco, Microsoft, Intel, Nokia, and Research in Motion. Thanks to all of our sponsors!

Recent News

  • Paper Accepted to USENIX Security 2025 June 6, 2025
  • 2 Papers Accepted to PST 2025 June 6, 2025
  • AI Spies News — BPSniff (IEEE S&P 2025) Paper News Story May 12, 2025
  • Launching the AI Spies News Channel May 12, 2025
  • Paper accepted to WiSec 2025 May 11, 2025
  • SPIES Lab’s Secure Messaging Work Features in News May 3, 2025
  • SPIES Lab Student to Start as an Assistant Professor April 18, 2025
  • Dr. Saxena’s Primer on Secure Communications in News Media March 31, 2025
  • Dr. Saxena recognized with the Dean’s Excellence Award! February 14, 2025
  • Dr. Saxena appointed as the Senior Area Editor, IEEE TIFS February 6, 2025
  • 2 Full Papers Accepted to WWW 2025 January 20, 2025
  • Journal paper accepted to IEEE TMC December 18, 2024
  • New post-doctoral researcher joins the lab December 11, 2024
  • Paper Accepted to ACM Computing Surveys 2024 November 30, 2024
  • Paper Accepted to IEEE S&P 2025 October 21, 2024
  • Paper Accepted to Nature Human Behaviour October 20, 2024
  • 2 new PhD students join the SPIES lab August 31, 2024
  • Post-Doc Position Available August 3, 2024
  • Paper accepted to ISC 2024 July 30, 2024
  • Paper Accepted to ACM CCS 2024 July 5, 2024

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