Feargus Pendlebury

20 papers A* 6Journal 11Unranked 3

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2025	J	`jnl`	Intriguing Properties of Adversarial ML Attacks in the Problem Space [Extended Version]. ACM Trans. Priv. Secur. Jacopo Cortellazzi, Erwin Quiring, Daniel Arp, Feargus Pendlebury, Fabio Pierazzi, Lorenzo Cavallaro
2024	J	`jnl`	Pitfalls in Machine Learning for Computer Security. Commun. ACM Daniel Arp, Erwin Quiring, Feargus Pendlebury, Alexander Warnecke, Fabio Pierazzi, Christian Wressnegger, Lorenzo Cavallaro, Konrad Rieck
2024	J	`jnl`	TESSERACT: Eliminating Experimental Bias in Malware Classification across Space and Time (Extended Version). CoRR Zeliang Kan, Shae McFadden, Daniel Arp, Feargus Pendlebury, Roberto Jordaney, Johannes Kinder, Fabio Pierazzi, Lorenzo Cavallaro
2023	J	`jnl`	Are Machine Learning Models for Malware Detection Ready for Prime Time? IEEE Secur. Priv. Lorenzo Cavallaro, Johannes Kinder, Feargus Pendlebury, Fabio Pierazzi
2023	—	`conf`	Is It Overkill? Analyzing Feature-Space Concept Drift in Malware Detectors. SP (Workshops) Zhi Chen, Zhenning Zhang, Zeliang Kan, Limin Yang, Jacopo Cortellazzi, Feargus Pendlebury, Fabio Pierazzi, Lorenzo Cavallaro, Gang Wang
2023	A*	`conf`	Jigsaw Puzzle: Selective Backdoor Attack to Subvert Malware Classifiers. SP Limin Yang, Zhi Chen, Jacopo Cortellazzi, Feargus Pendlebury, Kevin Tu, Fabio Pierazzi, Lorenzo Cavallaro, Gang Wang
2023	J	`jnl`	Lessons Learned on Machine Learning for Computer Security. IEEE Secur. Priv. Daniel Arp, Erwin Quiring, Feargus Pendlebury, Alexander Warnecke, Fabio Pierazzi, Christian Wressnegger, Lorenzo Cavallaro, Konrad Rieck
2022	A*	`conf`	Dos and Don'ts of Machine Learning in Computer Security. USENIX Security Symposium Daniel Arp, Erwin Quiring, Feargus Pendlebury, Alexander Warnecke, Fabio Pierazzi, Christian Wressnegger, Lorenzo Cavallaro, Konrad Rieck
2022	J	`jnl`	Jigsaw Puzzle: Selective Backdoor Attack to Subvert Malware Classifiers. CoRR Limin Yang, Zhi Chen, Jacopo Cortellazzi, Feargus Pendlebury, Kevin Tu, Fabio Pierazzi, Lorenzo Cavallaro, Gang Wang
2022	A*	`conf`	Transcending TRANSCEND: Revisiting Malware Classification in the Presence of Concept Drift. SP Federico Barbero, Feargus Pendlebury, Fabio Pierazzi, Lorenzo Cavallaro
2021	—	`conf`	INSOMNIA: Towards Concept-Drift Robustness in Network Intrusion Detection. AISec@CCS Giuseppina Andresini, Feargus Pendlebury, Fabio Pierazzi, Corrado Loglisci, Annalisa Appice, Lorenzo Cavallaro
2021	—	`conf`	Investigating Labelless Drift Adaptation for Malware Detection. AISec@CCS Zeliang Kan, Feargus Pendlebury, Fabio Pierazzi, Lorenzo Cavallaro
2021	J	`jnl`	Universal Adversarial Perturbations for Malware. CoRR Raphael Labaca Castro, Luis Muñoz-González, Feargus Pendlebury, Gabi Dreo Rodosek, Fabio Pierazzi, Lorenzo Cavallaro
2020	J	`jnl`	Dos and Don'ts of Machine Learning in Computer Security. CoRR Daniel Arp, Erwin Quiring, Feargus Pendlebury, Alexander Warnecke, Fabio Pierazzi, Christian Wressnegger, Lorenzo Cavallaro, Konrad Rieck
2020	A*	`conf`	Intriguing Properties of Adversarial ML Attacks in the Problem Space. SP Fabio Pierazzi, Feargus Pendlebury, Jacopo Cortellazzi, Lorenzo Cavallaro
2020	J	`jnl`	Transcending Transcend: Revisiting Malware Classification with Conformal Evaluation. CoRR Federico Barbero, Feargus Pendlebury, Fabio Pierazzi, Lorenzo Cavallaro
2019	J	`jnl`	Intriguing Properties of Adversarial ML Attacks in the Problem Space. CoRR Fabio Pierazzi, Feargus Pendlebury, Jacopo Cortellazzi, Lorenzo Cavallaro
2019	A*	`conf`	TESSERACT: Eliminating Experimental Bias in Malware Classification across Space and Time. USENIX Security Symposium Feargus Pendlebury, Fabio Pierazzi, Roberto Jordaney, Johannes Kinder, Lorenzo Cavallaro
2018	A*	`conf`	Enabling Fair ML Evaluations for Security. CCS Feargus Pendlebury, Fabio Pierazzi, Roberto Jordaney, Johannes Kinder, Lorenzo Cavallaro
2018	J	`jnl`	TESSERACT: Eliminating Experimental Bias in Malware Classification across Space and Time. CoRR Feargus Pendlebury, Fabio Pierazzi, Roberto Jordaney, Johannes Kinder, Lorenzo Cavallaro

Nicolò Altamura is a security engineer and computer science researcher specializing in software protection, reverse engineering, program analysis, and binary deobfuscation. He holds a master's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Verona, graduating with honors, and works at emproof, focusing on software protection and the challenges of analyzing and understanding compiled software.

His research explores the relationship between program analysis and code obfuscation, with particular emphasis on how software transformations affect the ability of automated tools to recover program behavior. His interests span static analysis, binary analysis, decompilation, reverse engineering, and techniques for analyzing and simplifying obfuscated code.

Beyond academic research, Nicolò develops and contributes to tools for reverse engineering and software analysis. His projects include obfuscation_analysis, a Binary Ninja plugin for analyzing and simplifying obfuscated code; Pocket, an obfuscator for mixed Boolean-arithmetic expressions; and ptxNinja, a tool for reverse engineering NVIDIA GPU code represented in the PTX virtual instruction set.

His research also extends to binary datasets and software evolution. In 2026, he co-authored ASSEMBLAGE-DEEPHISTORY: A Cross-Build Binary Dataset with Temporal Coverage, a research work addressing the availability of binary data across multiple software builds and points in time, supporting research into binary analysis and changes between program versions.

Across his research, engineering work, and open-source contributions, Nicolò focuses on advancing the understanding, analysis, and protection of software against increasingly sophisticated obfuscation and reverse-engineering challenges.

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