Publications at Top-tier Security & System Conferences

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  1. [ISCA'23] TEESec: Pre-Silicon Vulnerability Discovery for Trusted Execution Environments
    2. Moein Ghaniyoun, Kristin Barber, Yuan Xiao, Yinqian Zhang, Radu Teodorescu
    International Symposium on Computer Architecture, Orlando, FL, USA， June 17–21, 2023.
  2. [Security'23] Panda: Security Analysis of Algorand Smart Contracts
    3. Zhiyuan Sun, Xiapu Luo, Yinqian Zhang
    USENIX Security Symposium, Anaheim, CA, USA, August 9–11, 2023.
  3. [Security'23] Controlled Data Races in Enclaves: Attacks and Detection
    4. Sanchuan Chen, Zhiqiang Lin, Yinqian Zhang
    USENIX Security Symposium, Anaheim, CA, USA, August 9–11, 2023.
  4. [Security'23] CipherH: Automated Detection of Ciphertext Side-channel Vulnerabilities in Cryptographic Implementations
    5. Sen Deng, Mengyuan Li, Yining Tang, Shuai Wang, Shoumeng Yan, Yinqian Zhang
    USENIX Security Symposium, Anaheim, CA, USA, August 9–11, 2023.
    [Pdf] | [bib]
  5. [CCS'22] Narrator: Secure and Practical State Continuity for Trusted Execution in the Cloud
    6. Jianyu Niu, Wei Peng, Xiaokuan Zhang, Yinqian Zhang
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) , Los Angeles, USA, Nov. 2022.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  6. [CCS'22] ENGRAFT: Enclave-guarded Raft on Byzantine Faulty Nodes
    7. Weili Wang, Sen Deng, Jianyu Niu, Michael K. Reiter, Yinqian Zhang
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) , Los Angeles, USA, Nov. 2022.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  7. [CCS'22] CETIS: Retrofitting Intel CET for Generic and Efficient Intra-process Memory Isolation
    8. Mengyao Xie, Chenggang Wu, Zhe Wang, Yinqian Zhang, Jiali Xu, Yuanming Lai, Yan Kang, Wei Wang
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) , Los Angeles, USA, Nov. 2022.
    Best Paper Award Honorable Mention
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  8. [S&P'22] A Systematic Look at Ciphertext Side Channels on AMD SEV-SNP
    9. Mengyuan Li, Luca Wilke, Jan Wichelmann, Thomas Eisenbarth, Radu Teodorescu and Yinqian Zhang
    IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, San California, May 2022.
    Top 10 Finalists of CSAW Best Applied Research Paper Award
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  9. [S&P'22] vSGX: Virtualizing SGX Enclaves on AMD SEV
    10. Shixuan Zhao, Mengyuan Li, Yinqian Zhang, Zhiqiang Lin
    IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, Virtual, May 2022.
    [Pdf] | [Bib] | [Source Code]
  10. [NDSS'22] Multi-Certificate Attacks against Proof-of-Elapsed-Time And Their Countermeasures
    11. Huibo Wang, Guoxing Chen, Yinqian Zhang, Zhiqiang Lin
    Network and Distributed System Security Symposium, 2022.
    [Pdf]
  11. [Security'22] MAGE: Mutual Attestation for a Group of Enclaves without Trusted Third Parties
    12. Guoxing Chen, Yinqian Zhang
    USENIX Security Symposium, BOSTON, MA, USA, 2022.
    [Pdf] | [Source Code]
  12. [Security'21] Towards Formal Verification of State Continuity for Enclave Programs
    13. Mohit Kumar Jangid, Guoxing Chen, Yinqian Zhang, Zhiqiang Lin
    USENIX Security Symposium, Virtual, Aug. 2021.
    [Pdf] | [Slides]
  13. [Security'21] CIPHERLEAKS: Breaking Constant-time Cryptography on AMD SEV via the Ciphertext Side Channel
    14. Mengyuan Li Yinqian Zhang, Huibo Wang, Kang Li, Yueqiang Cheng
    USENIX Security Symposium, Virtual, Aug. 2021.
    [Pdf] | [Bib] | [Project Homepage]
  14. [Security'21] SelectiveTaint: Efficient Data Flow Tracking With Static Binary Rewriting
    15. Sanchuan Chen, Zhiqiang Lin, Yinqian Zhang
    USENIX Security Symposium, Virtual, Aug. 2021.
    [Pdf] | [Slides] | [Source Code]
  15. [ISCA'21] INTROSPECTRE: A Pre-Silicon Framework for Discovery and Analysis of Transient ExecutionVulnerabilities
    16. Moein Ghaniyoun, Kristin Barber, Yinqian Zhang, Radu Teodorescu
    International Symposium on Computer Architecture, Virtual, Jun. 2021.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  16. [CCS'21] CROSSLINE: Breaking "Security-by-Crash" based Memory Isolation in AMD SEV
    17. Mengyuan Li, Yinqian Zhang, Zhiqiang Lin
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Virtual, Nov. 2021.
    Best Paper Award Runner-up
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  17. [CCS'20] FirmXRay: Detecting Bluetooth Link Layer Vulnerabilities From Bare-Metal Firmware
    18. Haohuang Wen, Zhiqiang Lin, Yinqian Zhang
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Nov. 2020.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  18. [Security'20] TXSPECTOR: Uncovering Attacks in Ethereum from Transactions
    19. Mengya Zhang, Xiaokuan Zhang, Yinqian Zhang, Zhiqiang Lin
    USENIX Security Symposium, Aug. 2020.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  19. [S&P'20] SEIMI: Efficient and Secure SMAP-Enabled Intra-process Memory Isolation
    20. 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]
  20. [NDSS'20] SPEECHMINER: A Framework for Investigating and Measuring Speculative Execution Vulnerabilities
    21. Yuan Xiao, Yinqian Zhang, Mircea-Radu Teodorescu
    Network and Distributed System Security Symposium, San Diego, CA, USA, Feb. 2020.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  21. [CCS'19] OPERA: Open Remote Attestation for Intel’s Secure Enclaves
    22. Guoxing Chen, Yinqian Zhang, Ten-Hwang Lai
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, London, UK, Nov. 2019.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  22. [CCS'19] Automatic Fingerprinting of Vulnerable BLE IoT Devices with Static UUIDs from Mobile Apps
    23. Chaoshun Zuo, Haohuang Wen, Zhiqiang Lin, Yinqian Zhang
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, London, UK, Nov. 2019.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  23. [Security'19] Exploiting Unprotected I/O Operations in AMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization
    24. Mengyuan Li, Yinqian Zhang, Zhiqiang Lin, Yan Solihin
    USENIX Security Symposium, Santa Clara, CA, Aug. 2019.
    [Pdf] | [Bib] | [Presentation]
  24. [Security'19] SafeHidden: An Efficient and Secure Information Hiding Technique Using Re-randomization
    25. 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]
  25. [NDSS'19] Statistical Privacy for Streaming Traffic
    26. Xiaokuan Zhang, Jihun Hamm, Michael K. Reiter, Yinqian Zhang
    Network and Distributed System Security Symposium, San Diego, CA, USA, Feb. 2019.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  26. [NDSS'19] OBFUSCURO: A Commodity Obfuscation Engine on Intel SGX
    27. 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]
  27. [S&P'19] Why Does Your Data Leak? Uncovering the Data Leakage in Cloud From Mobile Apps
    28. Chaoshun Zuo, Zhiqiang Lin, and Yinqian Zhang.
    IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, San Francisco, CA, USA, May. 2019.
    [Pdf] | [Bib] | [Slides]
  28. [CCS'18] HoMonit: Monitoring Smart Home Apps from Encrypted Traffic
    29. 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]
  29. [S&P'18] Static Evaluation of Noninterference Using Approximate Model Counting
    30. Ziqiao Zhou, Zhiyun Qian, Michael K. Reiter, Yinqian Zhang
    IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, San Francisco, CA, USA, May. 2018.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  30. [S&P'18] Racing in Hyperspace: Closing Hyper-Threading Side Channels on SGX with Contrived Data Races
    31. 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]
  31. [NDSS'18] OS-level Side Channels without Procfs: Exploring Cross-App Information Leakage on iOS
    32. 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]
  32. [NDSS'18] Face Flashing: A Secure Liveness Detection Protocol based on Light Reflections
    33. Di Tang, Zhe Zhou, Yinqian Zhang, Kehuan Zhang
    Network and Distributed System Security Symposium, San Diego, CA, USA, Feb. 2018.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  33. [ATC'18] Peeking Behind the Curtains of Serverless Platforms
    34. Liang Wang, Mengyuan Li, Yinqian Zhang, Thomas Ristenpart, Michael Swift
    Usenix Annual Technical Conference, Boston, MA, USA, Jul. 2018.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  34. [CCS'17] Stacco: Differentially Analyzing Side-Channel Traces for Detecting SSL/TLS Vulnerabilities in Secure Enclaves
    35. 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]
  35. [CCS'17] Leaky Cauldron on the Dark Land: Understanding Memory Side-Channel Hazards in SGX
    36. 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]
  36. [CCS'16] Return-Oriented Flush-Reload Side Channels on ARM and Their Implications for Android Devices
    37. Xiaokuan Zhang, Yuan Xiao, Yinqian Zhang
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Vienna, Austria, Oct. 2016.
    [Pdf] | [Bib] | [Slides]
  37. [CCS'16] A Software Approach to Defeating Side Channels in Last-Level Caches
    38. 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]
  38. [Security'16] One Bit Flips, One Cloud Flops: Cross-VM Row Hammer Attacks and Privilege Escalation
    39. 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]
  39. [CCS'15] Mitigating Storage Side Channels Using Statistical Privacy Mechanisms
    40. Qiuyu Xiao, Michael K. Reiter, Yinqian Zhang
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 2015.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  40. [Security'15] A Placement Vulnerability Study in Multi-Tenant Public Clouds
    41. Venkatanathan Varadarajan, Yinqian Zhang, Thomas Ristenpart and Michael Swift
    USENIX Security Symposium, Washington, D.C., Aug. 2015.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  41. [CCS'14] Cross-Tenant Side-Channel Attacks in PaaS Clouds
    42. Yinqian Zhang, Ari Juels, Michael K. Reiter, Thomas Ristenpart
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Scottsdale, AZ, Nov. 2014.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  42. [CCS'13] Düppel: Retrofitting Commodity Operating Systems to Mitigate Cache Side Channels in the Cloud
    43. Yinqian Zhang, Michael K. Reiter
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Berlin, Germany, Nov. 2013.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  43. [CCS'12] Cross-VM Side Channels and Their Use to Extract Private Keys
    44. Yinqian Zhang, Ari Juels, Michael K. Reiter, Thomas Ristenpart
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Raleigh, NC, Oct. 2012.
    ACM CCS Test-of-Time Award
    [Pdf] | [Bib] | [Slides]
  44. [S&P'11] HomeAlone: Co-Residency Detection in the Cloud via Side-Channel Analysis
    45. Yinqian Zhang, Ari Juels, Alina Oprea, Michael K. Reiter
    IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, Oakland, CA, May 2011.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]
  45. [CCS'10] The Security of Modern Password Expiration: An Algorithmic Framework and Empirical Analysis
    46. Yinqian Zhang, Fabian Monrose, Michael K. Reiter
    ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Chicago, IL, Oct. 2010.
    [Pdf] | [Bib]