Publications at Top-tier Security & System Conferences

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  1. [Security'21] Towards Formal Verification of State Continuity for Enclave Programs
    2. Mohit Kumar Jangid, Guoxing Chen, Yinqian Zhang, Zhiqiang Lin
    USENIX Security Symposium, Virtual, Aug. 2021.
  2. [ISCA'21] INTROSPECTRE: A Pre-Silicon Framework forDiscovery and Analysis of Transient ExecutionVulnerabilities
    3. Moein Ghaniyoun, Kristin Barber, Yinqian Zhang, Radu Teodorescu
    International Symposium on Computer Architecture, Virtual, Jun. 2021.
  3. [CCS'21] CROSSLINE: Breaking "Security-by-Crash" based Memory Isolation in AMD SEV
    4. Mengyuan Li, Yinqian Zhang, Zhiqiang Lin
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Nov. 2021.
  4. [Security'21] SelectiveTaint: Efficient Data Flow Tracking With Static Binary Rewriting
    5. Sanchuan Chen, Zhiqiang Lin, Yinqian Zhang
    USENIX Security Symposium, Virtual, Aug. 2020.
  5. [CCS'20] FirmXRay: Detecting Bluetooth Link Layer Vulnerabilities From Bare-Metal Firmware
    6. Haohuang Wen, Zhiqiang Lin, Yinqian Zhang
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Nov. 2020.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  6. [Security'20] TXSPECTOR: Uncovering Attacks in Ethereum from Transactions
    7. Mengya Zhang, Xiaokuan Zhang, Yinqian Zhang, Zhiqiang Lin
    USENIX Security Symposium, Aug. 2020.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  7. [S&P'20] SEIMI: Efficient and Secure SMAP-Enabled Intra-process Memory Isolation
    8. Zhe Wang, Chenggang Wu, Mengyao Xie, Yinqian Zhang, Kangjie Lu, Xiaofeng Zhang, Yuanming Lai, Yang Kang, Min Yang
    IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, May 2020.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  8. [NDSS'20] SPEECHMINER: A Framework for Investigating and Measuring Speculative Execution Vulnerabilities
    9. Yuan Xiao, Yinqian Zhang, Mircea-Radu Teodorescu
    Network and Distributed System Security Symposium, San Diego, CA, USA, Feb. 2020.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  9. [CCS'19] OPERA: Open Remote Attestation for Intel’s Secure Enclaves
    10. Guoxing Chen, Yinqian Zhang, Ten-Hwang Lai
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, London, UK, Nov. 2019.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  10. [CCS'19] Automatic Fingerprinting of Vulnerable BLE IoT Devices with Static UUIDs from Mobile Apps
    11. Chaoshun Zuo, Haohuang Wen, Zhiqiang Lin, Yinqian Zhang
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, London, UK, Nov. 2019.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  11. [Security'19] Exploiting Unprotected I/O Operations in AMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization
    12. Mengyuan Li, Yinqian Zhang, Zhiqiang Lin, Yan Solihin
    USENIX Security Symposium, Santa Clara, CA, Aug. 2019.
    [Pdf] | [Bib] | [Presentation]
  12. [Security'19] SafeHidden: An Efficient and Secure Information Hiding Technique Using Re-randomization
    13. Zhe Wang, Chenggang Wu, Yinqian Zhang, Bowen Tang, Pen-Chung Yew, Mengyao Xie, Yuanming Lai, Yan Kang, Yueqiang Cheng, and Zhiping Shi
    USENIX Security Symposium, Santa Clara, CA, Aug. 2019.
    [Pdf] | [Bib] | [Slides]
  13. [NDSS'19] Statistical Privacy for Streaming Traffic
    14. Xiaokuan Zhang, Jihun Hamm, Michael K. Reiter, Yinqian Zhang
    Network and Distributed System Security Symposium, San Diego, CA, USA, Feb. 2019.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  14. [NDSS'19] OBFUSCURO: A Commodity Obfuscation Engine on Intel SGX
    15. Adil Ahmad, Byunggill Joe, Yuan Xiao, Yinqian Zhang, Insik Shin, and Byoungyoung Lee
    Network and Distributed System Security Symposium, San Diego, CA, USA, Feb. 2019.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  15. [S&P'19] Why Does Your Data Leak? Uncovering the Data Leakage in Cloud From Mobile Apps
    16. Chaoshun Zuo, Zhiqiang Lin, and Yinqian Zhang.
    IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, San Francisco, CA, USA, May. 2019.
    [Pdf] | [Bib] | [Slides]
  16. [CCS'18] HoMonit: Monitoring Smart Home Apps from Encrypted Traffic
    17. Wei Zhang, Yan Meng, Yugeng Liu, Xiaokuan Zhang, Yinqian Zhang, Haojin Zhu
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Toronto, Canada, Oct. 2018.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  17. [S&P'18] Static Evaluation of Noninterference Using Approximate Model Counting
    18. Ziqiao Zhou, Zhiyun Qian, Michael K. Reiter, Yinqian Zhang
    IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, San Francisco, CA, USA, May. 2018.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  18. [S&P'18] Racing in Hyperspace: Closing Hyper-Threading Side Channels on SGX with Contrived Data Races
    19. Guoxing Chen*, Wenhao Wang*, Tianyu Chen, Sanchuan Chen, Yinqian Zhang, XiaoFeng Wang, Ten-Hwang Lai, Dongdai Lin
    IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, San Francisco, CA, USA, May. 2018. (* co-first authors)
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  19. [NDSS'18] OS-level Side Channels without Procfs: Exploring Cross-App Information Leakage on iOS
    20. Xiaokuan Zhang, Xueqiang Wang, Xiaolong Bai, Yinqian Zhang, Xiaofeng Wang
    Network and Distributed System Security Symposium, San Diego, CA, USA, Feb. 2018.
    Top 10 Finalists of CSAW Best Applied Research Paper Award
    [Pdf] | [Bib] | [Video]
  20. [NDSS'18] Face Flashing: A Secure Liveness Detection Protocol based on Light Reflections
    21. Di Tang, Zhe Zhou, Yinqian Zhang, Kehuan Zhang
    Network and Distributed System Security Symposium, San Diego, CA, USA, Feb. 2018.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  21. [ATC'18] Peeking Behind the Curtains of Serverless Platforms
    22. Liang Wang, Mengyuan Li, Yinqian Zhang, Thomas Ristenpart, Michael Swift
    Usenix Annual Technical Conference, Boston, MA, USA, Jul. 2018.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  22. [CCS'17] Stacco: Differentially Analyzing Side-Channel Traces for Detecting SSL/TLS Vulnerabilities in Secure Enclaves
    23. Yuan Xiao, Mengyuan Li, Sanchuan Chen, Yinqian Zhang
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Dallas, Texas, USA, Oct. 2017.
    (The CCS version of this paper supersedes arxiv 1707.03473.)
    [Pdf] | [Bib] | [Slides] | [Project Homepage]
  23. [CCS'17] Leaky Cauldron on the Dark Land: Understanding Memory Side-Channel Hazards in SGX
    24. Wenhao Wang, Guoxing Chen, Xiaorui Pan, Yinqian Zhang, XiaoFeng Wang, Vincent Bindschaedler, Haixu Tang, Carl A. Gunter
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Dallas, Texas, USA, Oct. 2017.
    (The CCS version of this paper supersedes arxiv 1705.07289.)
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  24. [CCS'16] Return-Oriented Flush-Reload Side Channels on ARM and Their Implications for Android Devices
    25. Xiaokuan Zhang, Yuan Xiao, Yinqian Zhang
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Vienna, Austria, Oct. 2016.
    [Pdf] | [Bib] | [Slides]
  25. [CCS'16] A Software Approach to Defeating Side Channels in Last-Level Caches
    26. Ziqiao Zhou, Michael K. Reiter, Yinqian Zhang
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Vienna, Austria, Oct. 2016.
    (The CCS version of this paper supersedes arxiv 1603.05615.)
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  26. [Security'16] One Bit Flips, One Cloud Flops: Cross-VM Row Hammer Attacks and Privilege Escalation
    27. Yuan Xiao, Xiaokuan Zhang, Yinqian Zhang, Mircea-Radu Teodorescu
    USENIX Security Symposium, Austin, TX, Aug. 2016.
    Top 10 Finalists of CSAW Best Applied Research Paper Award
    [Pdf] | [Bib] | [Slides]
  27. [CCS'15] Mitigating Storage Side Channels Using Statistical Privacy Mechanisms
    28. Qiuyu Xiao, Michael K. Reiter, Yinqian Zhang
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 2015.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  28. [Security'15] A Placement Vulnerability Study in Multi-Tenant Public Clouds
    29. Venkatanathan Varadarajan, Yinqian Zhang, Thomas Ristenpart and Michael Swift
    USENIX Security Symposium, Washington, D.C., Aug. 2015.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  29. [CCS'14] Cross-Tenant Side-Channel Attacks in PaaS Clouds
    30. Yinqian Zhang, Ari Juels, Michael K. Reiter, Thomas Ristenpart
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Scottsdale, AZ, Nov. 2014.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  30. [CCS'13] Düppel: Retrofitting Commodity Operating Systems to Mitigate Cache Side Channels in the Cloud
    31. Yinqian Zhang, Michael K. Reiter
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Berlin, Germany, Nov. 2013.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  31. [CCS'12] Cross-VM Side Channels and Their Use to Extract Private Keys
    32. Yinqian Zhang, Ari Juels, Michael K. Reiter, Thomas Ristenpart
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Raleigh, NC, Oct. 2012.
    [Pdf] | [Bib] | [Slides]
  32. [S&P'11] HomeAlone: Co-Residency Detection in the Cloud via Side-Channel Analysis
    33. Yinqian Zhang, Ari Juels, Alina Oprea, Michael K. Reiter
    IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, Oakland, CA, May 2011.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  33. [CCS'10] The Security of Modern Password Expiration: An Algorithmic Framework and Empirical Analysis
    34. Yinqian Zhang, Fabian Monrose, Michael K. Reiter
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Chicago, IL, Oct. 2010.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]