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My students and I work on all sorts of practical, hands-on security and privacy. The topics that I have been the most active in are:
- Measurement and reduction of attack surface in web applications
- Understanding the abuses of the Domain Name System
- Identification of security and privacy issues specific to mobile web browsers
- Measurement of online tracking and countermeasures against it
- Assessment of the security of remote servers using mostly passive techniques
- Client-side defense mechanisms against phishing and web application attacks
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Tools and Techniques for Characterizing Integrity in DevOps Technologies
Nikiforakis, N. (PI)
US Navy Office of Naval Research
02/1/24 → 01/31/27
Project: Research
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Parallax: Tools and Techniques for Protecting Web Applications using Cyber Deception (Research Topic: Information Assurance)
Nikiforakis, N. (PI) & Sekar, R. C. (CoPI)
01/15/24 → 01/14/27
Project: Research
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Collaborative Research: SaTC: CORE: Medium: App-driven Web Browsing: Novel Risks, Vulnerabilities, and Defenses
Nikiforakis, N. (PI)
10/1/22 → 09/30/27
Project: Research
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Collaborative Research: SaTC: CORE: Medium: Defending Against Social Engineering Attacks with In-Browser AI
Nikiforakis, N. (PI)
10/1/21 → 09/30/26
Project: Research
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Infrastructure as Compromise: Abusing Residual Trust in Infrastructure as Code Tools
Yang, R., Chaiwut, N. & Nikiforakis, N., Jun 22 2026, CODASPY 2026 - Proceedings of the 16th ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 126-137 12 p. (CODASPY 2026 - Proceedings of the 16th ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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New Trains, Same Rails: Fingerprinting Cryptocurrency Software via Network Requests
Muzammil, M., Starov, O., Ma, Z. & Nikiforakis, N., 2026, 2026 IFIP Networking Conference, IFIP Networking 2026. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., (2026 IFIP Networking Conference, IFIP Networking 2026).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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No Wallet for Old Tricks: Introducing Context-aware Defenses Against Cryptocurrency-based Social Engineering Attacks
Muzammil, M., Shah, H. & Nikiforakis, N., Apr 26 2026, EuroSec 2026 - Proceedings of the 19th European Workshop on Systems Security, Part of EuroSys 2026. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 1-9 9 p. (EuroSec 2026 - Proceedings of the 19th European Workshop on Systems Security, Part of EuroSys 2026).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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A Decade-long Landscape of Advanced Persistent Threats: Longitudinal Analysis and Global Trends
Yuldoshkhujaev, S., Jeon, M., Kim, D., Nikiforakis, N. & Koo, H., Nov 22 2025, CCS 2025 - Proceedings of the 2025 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 3206-3220 15 p. (CCS 2025 - Proceedings of the 2025 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Defense of the Clones: Securing Web Applications with Automatic Honeypot Generation and Deployment
Tsouvalas, B. & Nikiforakis, N., 2025, 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research, eCrime 2025. IEEE Computer Society, (eCrime Researchers Summit, eCrime).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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