Leonardo Babun

52 papers A* 4A 2B 2Journal 28Unranked 16

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2025	J	`jnl`	Ransomware Over Modern Web Browsers: A Novel Strain and a New Defense Mechanism. ACM Trans. Web Harun Oz, Güliz Seray Tuncay, Ahmet Aris, Abbas Acar, Leonardo Babun, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2023	J	`jnl`	A survey on security and privacy issues of UAVs. Comput. Networks Yassine Mekdad, Ahmet Aris, Leonardo Babun, Abdeslam El Fergougui, Mauro Conti, Riccardo Lazzeretti, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2023	J	`jnl`	Ivycide: Smart Intrusion Detection System Against E-IoT Driver Threats. IEEE Internet Things J. Luis Puche Rondon, Leonardo Babun, Ahmet Aris, Kemal Akkaya, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2023	J	`jnl`	LGuard: Securing Enterprise-IoT Systems against Serial-Based Attacks via Proprietary Communication Buses. DTRAP Luis Puche Rondon, Leonardo Babun, Ahmet Aris, Kemal Akkaya, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2023	A*	`conf`	RøB: Ransomware over Modern Web Browsers. USENIX Security Symposium Harun Oz, Ahmet Aris, Abbas Acar, Güliz Seray Tuncay, Leonardo Babun, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2022	B	`conf`	S-Pot: A Smart Honeypot Framework with Dynamic Rule Configuration for SDN. GLOBECOM Javier Franco, Ahmet Aris, Leonardo Babun, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2022	J	`jnl`	Survey on Enterprise Internet-of-Things systems (E-IoT): A security perspective. Ad Hoc Networks Luis Puche Rondon, Leonardo Babun, Ahmet Aris, Kemal Akkaya, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2022	A*	`conf`	The Truth Shall Set Thee Free: Enabling Practical Forensic Capabilities in Smart Environments. NDSS Leonardo Babun, Amit Kumar Sikder, Abbas Acar, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2022	J	`jnl`	Who's Controlling My Device? Multi-User Multi-Device-Aware Access Control System for Shared Smart Home Environment. ACM Trans. Internet Things Amit Kumar Sikder, Leonardo Babun, Z. Berkay Celik, Hidayet Aksu, Patrick D. McDaniel, Engin Kirda, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2021	J	`jnl`	A Survey on Security and Privacy Issues of UAVs. CoRR Yassine Mekdad, Ahmet Aris, Leonardo Babun, Abdeslam El Fergougui, Mauro Conti, Riccardo Lazzeretti, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2021	J	`jnl`	A survey on IoT platforms: Communication, security, and privacy perspectives. Comput. Networks Leonardo Babun, Kyle Denney, Z. Berkay Celik, Patrick D. McDaniel, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2021	J	`jnl`	Aegis+: A Context-aware Platform-independent Security Framework for Smart Home Systems. DTRAP Amit Kumar Sikder, Leonardo Babun, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2021	J	`jnl`	CPS Device-Class Identification via Behavioral Fingerprinting: From Theory to Practice. IEEE Trans. Inf. Forensics Secur. Leonardo Babun, Hidayet Aksu, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2021	J	`jnl`	HDMI-Watch: Smart Intrusion Detection System Against HDMI Attacks. IEEE Trans. Netw. Sci. Eng. Luis Puche Rondon, Leonardo Babun, Kemal Akkaya, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2021	—	`conf`	LightningStrike: (in)secure practices of E-IoT systems in the wild. WISEC Luis Puche Rondon, Leonardo Babun, Ahmet Aris, Kemal Akkaya, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2021	A*	`conf`	MINOS: A Lightweight Real-Time Cryptojacking Detection System. NDSS Faraz Naseem Naseem, Ahmet Aris, Leonardo Babun, Ege Tekiner, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2021	J	`jnl`	Real-time Analysis of Privacy-(un)aware IoT Applications. Proc. Priv. Enhancing Technol. Leonardo Babun, Z. Berkay Celik, Patrick D. McDaniel, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2021	—	`conf`	Sentinel: A Robust Intrusion Detection System for IoT Networks Using Kernel-Level System Information. IoTDI Adrien Cosson, Amit Kumar Sikder, Leonardo Babun, Z. Berkay Celik, Patrick D. McDaniel, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2021	J	`jnl`	Survey on Enterprise Internet-of-Things Systems (E-IoT): A Security Perspective. CoRR Luis Puche Rondon, Leonardo Babun, Ahmet Aris, Kemal Akkaya, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2020	J	`jnl`	A System-level Behavioral Detection Framework for Compromised CPS Devices: Smart-Grid Case. ACM Trans. Cyber Phys. Syst. Leonardo Babun, Hidayet Aksu, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2020	—	`conf`	HEKA: A Novel Intrusion Detection System for Attacks to Personal Medical Devices. CNS A. K. M. Iqtidar Newaz, Amit Kumar Sikder, Leonardo Babun, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2020	—	`conf`	Kratos: multi-user multi-device-aware access control system for the smart home. WISEC Amit Kumar Sikder, Leonardo Babun, Z. Berkay Celik, Abbas Acar, Hidayet Aksu, Patrick D. McDaniel, Engin Kirda, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2020	—	`conf`	PoisonIvy: (In)secure Practices of Enterprise IoT Systems in Smart Buildings. BuildSys Luis Puche Rondon, Leonardo Babun, Ahmet Aris, Kemal Akkaya, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2020	J	`jnl`	PoisonIvy: (In)secure Practices of Enterprise IoT Systems in Smart Buildings. CoRR Luis Puche Rondon, Leonardo Babun, Ahmet Aris, Kemal Akkaya, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2020	J	`jnl`	USB-Watch: a Generalized Hardware-Assisted Insider Threat Detection Framework. J. Hardw. Syst. Secur. Kyle Denney, Leonardo Babun, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2020	—	`conf`	Z-IoT: Passive Device-class Fingerprinting of ZigBee and Z-Wave IoT Devices. ICC Leonardo Babun, Hidayet Aksu, Lucas Ryan, Kemal Akkaya, Elizabeth S. Bentley, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2019	J	`jnl`	A System-level Behavioral Detection Framework for Compromised CPS Devices: Smart-Grid Case. CoRR Leonardo Babun, Hidayet Aksu, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2019	—	`conf`	A digital forensics framework for smart settings: poster. WiSec Leonardo Babun, Amit Kumar Sikder, Abbas Acar, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2019	J	`jnl`	Aegis: A Context-aware Security Framework for Smart Home Systems. CoRR Amit Kumar Sikder, Leonardo Babun, Hidayet Aksu, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2019	A	`conf`	Aegis: a context-aware security framework for smart home systems. ACSAC Amit Kumar Sikder, Leonardo Babun, Hidayet Aksu, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2019	—	`conf`	Attacking HDMI distribution networks: poster. WiSec Luis Puche Rondon, Leonardo Babun, Kemal Akkaya, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2019	—	`conf`	CSPoweR-Watch: A Cyber-Resilient Residential Power Management System. iThings/GreenCom/CPSCom/SmartData Faraz Naseem Naseem, Leonardo Babun, Cengiz Kaygusuz, S. J. Moquin, Chris Farnell, H. Alan Mantooth, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2019	—	`conf`	Dynamically detecting USB attacks in hardware: poster. WiSec Kyle Denney, Enes Erdin, Leonardo Babun, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2019	J	`jnl`	HDMI-Walk: Attacking HDMI Distribution Networks via Consumer Electronic Control Protocol. CoRR Luis Puche Rondon, Leonardo Babun, Kemal Akkaya, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2019	A	`conf`	HDMI-walk: attacking HDMI distribution networks via consumer electronic control protocol. ACSAC Luis Puche Rondon, Leonardo Babun, Kemal Akkaya, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2019	—	`conf`	MAD-IoT: Memory Anomaly Detection for the Internet of Things. GLOBECOM Workshops Jonathan Myers, Leonardo Babun, Edward Yao, Sarah Helble, Patrick Allen
2019	J	`jnl`	Multi-User Multi-Device-Aware Access Control System for Smart Home. CoRR Amit Kumar Sikder, Leonardo Babun, Z. Berkay Celik, Abbas Acar, Hidayet Aksu, Patrick D. McDaniel, Engin Kirda, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2019	J	`jnl`	Real-time Analysis of Privacy-(un)aware IoT Applications. CoRR Leonardo Babun, Z. Berkay Celik, Patrick D. McDaniel, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2019	—	`conf`	USB-Watch: A Dynamic Hardware-Assisted USB Threat Detection Framework. SecureComm (1) Kyle Denney, Enes Erdin, Leonardo Babun, Michael Vai, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2019	J	`jnl`	Verifying Internet of Things Safety and Security in Physical Spaces. IEEE Secur. Priv. Z. Berkay Celik, Patrick D. McDaniel, Gang Tan, Leonardo Babun, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2018	J	`jnl`	Advertising in the IoT Era: Vision and Challenges. IEEE Commun. Mag. Hidayet Aksu, Leonardo Babun, Mauro Conti, Gabriele Tolomei, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2018	J	`jnl`	Advertising in the IoT Era: Vision and Challenges. CoRR Hidayet Aksu, Leonardo Babun, Mauro Conti, Gabriele Tolomei, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2018	—	`conf`	Detection of Compromised Smart Grid Devices with Machine Learning and Convolution Techniques. ICC Cengiz Kaygusuz, Leonardo Babun, Hidayet Aksu, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2018	J	`jnl`	Detection of Compromised Smart Grid Devices with Machine Learning and Convolution Techniques. CoRR Cengiz Kaygusuz, Leonardo Babun, Hidayet Aksu, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2018	J	`jnl`	IoTDots: A Digital Forensics Framework for Smart Environments. CoRR Leonardo Babun, Amit Kumar Sikder, Abbas Acar, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2018	A*	`conf`	Sensitive Information Tracking in Commodity IoT. USENIX Security Symposium Z. Berkay Celik, Leonardo Babun, Amit Kumar Sikder, Hidayet Aksu, Gang Tan, Patrick D. McDaniel, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2018	J	`jnl`	Sensitive Information Tracking in Commodity IoT. CoRR Z. Berkay Celik, Leonardo Babun, Amit Kumar Sikder, Hidayet Aksu, Gang Tan, Patrick D. McDaniel, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2017	J	`jnl`	A Survey on Function and System Call Hooking Approaches. J. Hardw. Syst. Secur. Juan Lopez, Leonardo Babun, Hidayet Aksu, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2017	—	`conf`	Identifying counterfeit smart grid devices: A lightweight system level framework. ICC Leonardo Babun, Hidayet Aksu, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2016	—	`conf`	A framework for counterfeit smart grid device detection. CNS Leonardo Babun, Hidayet Aksu, A. Selcuk Uluagac
2015	—	`conf`	Multi-hop and D2D communications for extending coverage in public safety scenarios. LCN Workshops Leonardo Babun, Ali Ihsan Yurekli, Ismail Güvenç
2014	B	`conf`	Intercell interference coordination for D2D discovery in LTE-A HetNets. WCNC Leonardo Babun, Meryem Simsek, Ismail Güvenç

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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