Ziming Zhao

Associate Professor at Northeastern University; Cybersecurity researcher

[Ziming Zhao @___ziming]

@nepfan_ You are damn right that we will defend our captain still

[USENIX-VehicleSec2027 @vehiclesec_conf]

Thrill to announce Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek will be our industry keynote of VehicleSec'25. They are the the absolute pioneers and legendary figures in the car hacking history!

- Paper due: February 27, 2025
- CFP: https://t.co/Q7btQLBRv8
- HotCRP: https://t.co/QENwtrOTpu

[Ziming Zhao @___ziming]

Hi security practitioners, MITRE is launching the new eCTF Pro League - https://t.co/p062v1Hmkx. It is a version of eCTF for non-students, and MITRE will use this as a training program for young professionals working in the area of embedded security.

[Pikkit @pikkitsports]

This Cam Skattebo run from when he was in high school is one of the craziest TD runs you'll ever see 😳

(h/t @cameronsalerno1)

[Ziming Zhao @___ziming]

@CFBONFOX @ASUFootball I went to our last Championship game, which was in 2013. Wow! Time flies!

[Ziming Zhao @___ziming]

I have multiple RA positions available in systems and software security starting Fall 2025. For more details, please see my advertisement at https://t.co/686pFeQ4hh

[Ziming Zhao @___ziming]

VehicleSec will be co-located with USENIX Security in 2025. We look forward to your submissions!!

[USENIX-VehicleSec2027 @vehiclesec_conf]

🚗🚀 VehicleSec'25 is ON! 🚨
Thrilled to announce the 3rd USENIX VehicleSec Symposium, co-located with @USENIXSecurity! Accept any security/privacy topics that can be related to vehicles (ground, aerial, underwater, space, & more!).
📝 Paper deadline: Feb 27, 2025.

[USENIX WOOT Conference on Offensive Technologies @wootsecurity]

Want to learn more about security of Arm Cortex-M processors? Look no further! Xi Tan et al. discuss it in detail in their paper “SoK: Where’s the “up”?! A Comprehensive (bottom-up) Study on the Security of Arm Cortex-M Systems”
#woot24

[Ziming Zhao @___ziming]

Submit your workshop proposals to S&P'25! It's the perfect venue to host your cybersecurity workshop and connect with top security researchers. Don’t miss out!

[IEEE S&P @IEEESSP]

Our call for 2025 workshops is now available.
Proposals are due September 26, 2024

More info:
https://t.co/dbFqQCpEWN

#ieeesp2025

[Ziming Zhao @___ziming]

Proud advisor moment: Congrats to @XiTan19 on receiving her PhD degree! Dr. Tan will join the University of Colorado Colorado Springs as a tenure-track assistant professor. I wish her continued success in her research endeavors.

[Ziming Zhao @___ziming]

honored to be a part of the team to receive the Test-of-Time award at SACMAT.

[Hongxin Hu @hongxin_hu]

Thrilled that our paper "Game Theoretic Analysis of Multiparty Access Control in Online Social Networks" has been selected for the 2024 @SACMAT Test-of-Time (ToT) award.

[Hongxin Hu @hongxin_hu]

Thrilled that our work on unsafe children games is accepted to @USENIXSecurity 2024. This work takes the first step to address the threat of illicit promotions of unsafe children games using large Vision-Language Models (VLMs).

[Ziming Zhao @___ziming]

For the second consecutive year, Team Cacti has secured 4th place in the eCTF competition. Congrats to the students 🍺Zheyuan Ma, Gaoxiang Liu, Afton Spiegel, Xi Tan, MD Armanuzzaman, Sagar Mohan, and Alex Eastman. @MITREcorp @UBengineering

[Ziming Zhao @___ziming]

@adamdoupe Sorry to hear that, Adam. My condolences to you and your family.

[Ziming Zhao @___ziming]

Three of our side project papers on embedded systems were recently accepted. The first systematizes the security of Cortex-M (WOOT); the second discusses our visions of TEEs (SEED); and the third explores the effectiveness of canaries in (SAC). Pdfs at https://t.co/n4qEmUVYof

[USENIX-VehicleSec2027 @vehiclesec_conf]

Another huge thanks to all the 11 sponsors to VehicleSec'24! We especially want to thank Colorado State Univ. Systems Engineering @CSUSystemsEng for making the Community Reception possible, and thank STMicroelectronics @ST_World for sponsoring delegate bags & the 2024 souvenirs!

[USENIX-VehicleSec2027 @vehiclesec_conf]

Another year of full-house attendance at Kon Tiki w/ 130+ in-person attendees! 31 papers, 20 demo/poster, 11 sponsors, 39 student travel awardees, new collaborations w/ T-CPS & escar... too many new things to remark! Thanks everyone for attending & see you again at VehicleSec'25!

[USENIX-VehicleSec2027 @vehiclesec_conf]

Don't forget to grab our souvenirs! #vehiclesec24

[USENIX-VehicleSec2027 @vehiclesec_conf]

The list of accepted papers, posters, demos, and lightning talks for VehicleSec 24 is available online now!

https://t.co/1Kcm60nIyi

[USENIX-VehicleSec2027 @vehiclesec_conf]

We have lined up two amazing keynotes, 31 latest papers, and more demos as well as posters for VehicleSec24!

Early registration deadline is today!

We look forward to seeing you in San Diego!