William K. Robertson

88 papers A* 17A 31B 9C 1Misc 1Journal 23Unranked 5
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
MUZZLE: Adaptive Agentic Red-Teaming of Web Agents Against Indirect Prompt Injection Attacks.
CoRR
Georgios Syros, Evan Rose, Brian Grinstead, Christoph Kerschbaumer, William K. Robertson, Cristina Nita-Rotaru, Alina Oprea
2025 J jnl
ACE: A Security Architecture for LLM-Integrated App Systems.
CoRR
Evan Li, Tushin Mallick, Evan Rose, William K. Robertson, Alina Oprea, Cristina Nita-Rotaru
2024 J jnl
A Viewpoint: Safer Heaps With Practical Architectural Security Primitives.
IEEE Secur. Priv.
William K. Robertson, Manuel Egele
2024 A conf
Hypervisor Dissociative Execution: Programming Guests for Monitoring, Management, and Security.
ACSAC
Andrew Fasano, Zak Estrada, Tim Leek, William K. Robertson
2023 A conf
Black-box Attacks Against Neural Binary Function Detection.
RAID
Joshua Bundt, Michael Davinroy, Ioannis Agadakos, Alina Oprea, William K. Robertson
2023 A conf
Homo in Machina: Improving Fuzz Testing Coverage via Compartment Analysis.
ICST
Joshua Bundt, Andrew Fasano, Brendan Dolan-Gavitt, William K. Robertson, Tim Leek
2023 A conf
ThreadLock: Native Principal Isolation Through Memory Protection Keys.
AsiaCCS
William Blair, William K. Robertson, Manuel Egele
2022 J jnl
Evaluating Synthetic Bugs.
CoRR
Joshua Bundt, Andrew Fasano, Brendan Dolan-Gavitt, William K. Robertson, Tim Leek
2022 J jnl
Homo in Machina: Improving Fuzz Testing Coverage via Compartment Analysis.
CoRR
Joshua Bundt, Andrew Fasano, Brendan Dolan-Gavitt, William K. Robertson, Tim Leek
2022 B conf
MPKAlloc: Efficient Heap Meta-data Integrity Through Hardware Memory Protection Keys.
DIMVA
William Blair, William K. Robertson, Manuel Egele
2022 J jnl
Polytope: Practical Memory Access Control for C++ Applications.
CoRR
Ioannis Agadakos, Manuel Egele, William K. Robertson
2020 J jnl
Bypassing memory safety mechanisms through speculative control flow hijacks.
CoRR
Andrea Mambretti, Alexandra Sandulescu, Alessandro Sorniotti, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda, Anil Kurmus
2020 J jnl
DICE: Automatic Emulation of DMA Input Channels for Dynamic Firmware Analysis.
CoRR
Alejandro Mera, Bo Feng, Long Lu, Engin Kirda, William K. Robertson
2020 J jnl
HotFuzz: Discovering Algorithmic Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities Through Guided Micro-Fuzzing.
CoRR
William Blair, Andrea Mambretti, Sajjad Arshad, Michael Weissbacher, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda, Manuel Egele
2019 A conf
A Longitudinal Analysis of the ads.txt Standard.
Internet Measurement Conference
Muhammad Ahmad Bashir, Sajjad Arshad, Engin Kirda, William K. Robertson, Christo Wilson
2019 J jnl
Cached and Confused: Web Cache Deception in the Wild.
CoRR
Seyed Ali Mirheidari, Sajjad Arshad, Kaan Onarlioglu, Bruno Crispo, Engin Kirda, William K. Robertson
2019 B conf
Clustering and the Weekend Effect: Recommendations for the Use of Top Domain Lists in Security Research.
PAM
Walter Rweyemamu, Tobias Lauinger, Christo Wilson, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2019 C conf
Getting Under Alexa's Umbrella: Infiltration Attacks Against Internet Top Domain Lists.
ISC
Walter Rweyemamu, Tobias Lauinger, Christo Wilson, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2019 — conf
It's Not what It Looks Like: Measuring Attacks and Defensive Registrations of Homograph Domains.
CNS
Florian Quinkert, Tobias Lauinger, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda, Thorsten Holz
2019 A conf
Speculator: a tool to analyze speculative execution attacks and mitigations.
ACSAC
Andrea Mambretti, Matthias Neugschwandtner, Alessandro Sorniotti, Engin Kirda, William K. Robertson, Anil Kurmus
2018 A conf
Eraser: Your Data Won't Be Back.
EuroS&P
Kaan Onarlioglu, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2018 A conf
From Deletion to Re-Registration in Zero Seconds: Domain Registrar Behaviour During the Drop.
Internet Measurement Conference
Tobias Lauinger, Ahmet Salih Buyukkayhan, Abdelberi Chaabane, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2018 A conf
How Tracking Companies Circumvented Ad Blockers Using WebSockets.
Internet Measurement Conference
Muhammad Ahmad Bashir, Sajjad Arshad, Engin Kirda, William K. Robertson, Christo Wilson
2018 J jnl
Identifying Extension-based Ad Injection via Fine-grained Web Content Provenance.
CoRR
Sajjad Arshad, Amin Kharraz, William K. Robertson
2018 J jnl
Include Me Out: In-Browser Detection of Malicious Third-Party Content Inclusions.
CoRR
Sajjad Arshad, Amin Kharraz, William K. Robertson
2018 A* conf
Large-Scale Analysis of Style Injection by Relative Path Overwrite.
WWW
Sajjad Arshad, Seyed Ali Mirheidari, Tobias Lauinger, Bruno Crispo, Engin Kirda, William K. Robertson
2018 J jnl
Large-Scale Analysis of Style Injection by Relative Path Overwrite.
CoRR
Sajjad Arshad, Seyed Ali Mirheidari, Tobias Lauinger, Bruno Crispo, Engin Kirda, William K. Robertson
2018 A conf
On the Effectiveness of Type-based Control Flow Integrity.
ACSAC
Reza Mirzazade Farkhani, Saman Jafari, Sajjad Arshad, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda, Hamed Okhravi
2018 J jnl
On the Effectiveness of Type-based Control Flow Integrity.
CoRR
Reza Mirzazade Farkhani, Saman Jafari, Sajjad Arshad, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda, Hamed Okhravi
2018 J jnl
Protecting against Ransomware: A New Line of Research or Restating Classic Ideas?
IEEE Secur. Priv.
Amin Kharraz, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2018 A* conf
Surveylance: Automatically Detecting Online Survey Scams.
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
Amin Kharraz, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2018 J jnl
Thou Shalt Not Depend on Me: Analysing the Use of Outdated JavaScript Libraries on the Web.
CoRR
Tobias Lauinger, Abdelberi Chaabane, Sajjad Arshad, William K. Robertson, Christo Wilson, Engin Kirda
2018 J jnl
Tracing Information Flows Between Ad Exchanges Using Retargeted Ads.
CoRR
Muhammad Ahmad Bashir, Sajjad Arshad, William K. Robertson, Christo Wilson
2017 A conf
Ex-Ray: Detection of History-Leaking Browser Extensions.
ACSAC
Michael Weissbacher, Enrico Mariconti, Guillermo Suarez-Tangil, Gianluca Stringhini, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2017 A conf
Lens on the Endpoint: Hunting for Malicious Software Through Endpoint Data Analysis.
RAID
Ahmet Salih Buyukkayhan, Alina Oprea, Zhou Li, William K. Robertson
2017 J jnl
On the misuse of graphical user interface elements to implement security controls.
it Inf. Technol.
Collin Mulliner, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2017 A conf
Semi-automated discovery of server-based information oversharing vulnerabilities in Android applications.
ISSTA
William Koch, Abdelberi Chaabane, Manuel Egele, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2016 A* conf
CrossFire: An Analysis of Firefox Extension-Reuse Vulnerabilities.
NDSS
Ahmet Salih Buyukkayhan, Kaan Onarlioglu, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2016 — conf
CuriousDroid: Automated User Interface Interaction for Android Application Analysis Sandboxes.
Financial Cryptography
Patrick Carter, Collin Mulliner, Martina Lindorfer, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2016 B conf
EmailProfiler: Spearphishing Filtering with Header and Stylometric Features of Emails.
COMPSAC
Sevtap Duman, Kubra Kalkan-Cakmakci, Manuel Egele, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2016 A* conf
LAVA: Large-Scale Automated Vulnerability Addition.
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
Brendan Dolan-Gavitt, Patrick Hulin, Engin Kirda, Tim Leek, Andrea Mambretti, William K. Robertson, Frederick Ulrich, Ryan Whelan
2016 A ed.
Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference on Computer Security Applications, ACSAC 2016, Los Angeles, CA, USA, December 5-9, 2016
ACSAC
Stephen Schwab, William K. Robertson, Davide Balzarotti
2016 — conf
Runtime Integrity Checking for Exploit Mitigation on Lightweight Embedded Devices.
TRUST
Matthias Neugschwandtner, Collin Mulliner, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2016 A* conf
Tracing Information Flows Between Ad Exchanges Using Retargeted Ads.
USENIX Security Symposium
Muhammad Ahmad Bashir, Sajjad Arshad, William K. Robertson, Christo Wilson
2016 A* conf
TriggerScope: Towards Detecting Logic Bombs in Android Applications.
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
Yanick Fratantonio, Antonio Bianchi, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda, Christopher Kruegel, Giovanni Vigna
2016 A* conf
UNVEIL: A Large-Scale, Automated Approach to Detecting Ransomware.
USENIX Security Symposium
Amin Kharraz, Sajjad Arshad, Collin Mulliner, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2015 — conf
BabelCrypt: The Universal Encryption Layer for Mobile Messaging Applications.
Financial Cryptography
Ahmet Talha Ozcan, Can Gemicioglu, Kaan Onarlioglu, Michael Weissbacher, Collin Mulliner, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2015 B conf
Cutting the Gordian Knot: A Look Under the Hood of Ransomware Attacks.
DIMVA
Amin Kharraz, William K. Robertson, Davide Balzarotti, Leyla Bilge, Engin Kirda
2015 B conf
On the Security and Engineering Implications of Finer-Grained Access Controls for Android Developers and Users.
DIMVA
Yanick Fratantonio, Antonio Bianchi, William K. Robertson, Manuel Egele, Christopher Kruegel, Engin Kirda, Giovanni Vigna
2015 J jnl
SENTINEL: Securing Legacy Firefox Extensions.
Comput. Secur.
Kaan Onarlioglu, Ahmet Salih Buyukkayhan, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2015 A* conf
ZigZag: Automatically Hardening Web Applications Against Client-side Validation Vulnerabilities.
USENIX Security Symposium
Michael Weissbacher, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda, Christopher Kruegel, Giovanni Vigna
2014 A* conf
Hidden GEMs: Automated Discovery of Access Control Vulnerabilities in Graphical User Interfaces.
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
Collin Mulliner, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2014 A conf
Optical Delusions: A Study of Malicious QR Codes in the Wild.
DSN
Amin Kharraz, Engin Kirda, William K. Robertson, Davide Balzarotti, Aurélien Francillon
2014 A conf
TrueClick: automatically distinguishing trick banners from genuine download links.
ACSAC
Sevtap Duman, Kaan Onarlioglu, Ali Osman Ulusoy, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2014 A conf
VirtualSwindle: an automated attack against in-app billing on android.
AsiaCCS
Collin Mulliner, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2014 A conf
Why Is CSP Failing? Trends and Challenges in CSP Adoption.
RAID
Michael Weissbacher, Tobias Lauinger, William K. Robertson
2013 — ed.
7th USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies, WOOT '13, Washington, D.C., USA, August 13, 2013
WOOT
Jon Oberheide, William K. Robertson
2013 A* conf
A Practical, Targeted, and Stealthy Attack Against WPA Enterprise Authentication.
NDSS
Aldo Cassola, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda, Guevara Noubir
2013 A conf
Beehive: large-scale log analysis for detecting suspicious activity in enterprise networks.
ACSAC
Ting-Fang Yen, Alina Oprea, Kaan Onarlioglu, Todd Leetham, William K. Robertson, Ari Juels, Engin Kirda
2013 B ed.
Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment - 9th International Conference, DIMVA 2012, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, July 26-27, 2012, Revised Selected Papers
DIMVA
Ulrich Flegel, Evangelos P. Markatos, William K. Robertson
2013 A conf
Holiday Pictures or Blockbuster Movies? Insights into Copyright Infringement in User Uploads to One-Click File Hosters.
RAID
Tobias Lauinger, Kaan Onarlioglu, Chaabane Abdelberi, Engin Kirda, William K. Robertson, Mohamed Ali Kâafar
2013 A conf
PatchDroid: scalable third-party security patches for Android devices.
ACSAC
Collin Mulliner, Jon Oberheide, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2013 A* conf
PrivExec: Private Execution as an Operating System Service.
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
Kaan Onarlioglu, Collin Mulliner, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2013 B conf
Securing Legacy Firefox Extensions with SENTINEL.
DIMVA
Kaan Onarlioglu, Mustafa Battal, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda
2012 Misc conf
An empirical analysis of input validation mechanisms in web applications and languages.
SAC
Theodoor Scholte, William K. Robertson, Davide Balzarotti, Engin Kirda
2012 A conf
Disclosure: detecting botnet command and control servers through large-scale NetFlow analysis.
ACSAC
Leyla Bilge, Davide Balzarotti, William K. Robertson, Engin Kirda, Christopher Kruegel
2012 B conf
Preventing Input Validation Vulnerabilities in Web Applications through Automated Type Analysis.
COMPSAC
Theodoor Scholte, William K. Robertson, Davide Balzarotti, Engin Kirda
2010 J jnl
An Experience in Testing the Security of Real-World Electronic Voting Systems.
IEEE Trans. Software Eng.
Davide Balzarotti, Greg Banks, Marco Cova, Viktoria Felmetsger, Richard A. Kemmerer, William K. Robertson, Fredrik Valeur, Giovanni Vigna
2010 A* conf
Effective Anomaly Detection with Scarce Training Data.
NDSS
William K. Robertson, Federico Maggi, Christopher Kruegel, Giovanni Vigna
2009 A conf
Protecting a Moving Target: Addressing Web Application Concept Drift.
RAID
Federico Maggi, William K. Robertson, Christopher Krügel, Giovanni Vigna
2009 J jnl
Reducing errors in the anomaly-based detection of web-based attacks through the combined analysis of web requests and SQL queries.
J. Comput. Secur.
Giovanni Vigna, Fredrik Valeur, Davide Balzarotti, William K. Robertson, Christopher Kruegel, Engin Kirda
2009 A* conf
Static Enforcement of Web Application Integrity Through Strong Typing.
USENIX Security Symposium
William K. Robertson, Giovanni Vigna
2008 A conf
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ISSTA
Davide Balzarotti, Greg Banks, Marco Cova, Viktoria Felmetsger, Richard A. Kemmerer, William K. Robertson, Fredrik Valeur, Giovanni Vigna
2007 A conf
Exploiting Execution Context for the Detection of Anomalous System Calls.
RAID
Darren Mutz, William K. Robertson, Giovanni Vigna, Richard A. Kemmerer
2007 A conf
Improving Signature Testing through Dynamic Data Flow Analysis.
ACSAC
Christopher Kruegel, Davide Balzarotti, William K. Robertson, Giovanni Vigna
2006 A* conf
Using Generalization and Characterization Techniques in the Anomaly-based Detection of Web Attacks.
NDSS
William K. Robertson, Giovanni Vigna, Christopher Krügel, Richard A. Kemmerer
2005 J jnl
A multi-model approach to the detection of web-based attacks.
Comput. Networks
Christopher Krügel, Giovanni Vigna, William K. Robertson
2005 A* conf
Automating Mimicry Attacks Using Static Binary Analysis.
USENIX Security Symposium
Christopher Kruegel, Engin Kirda, Darren Mutz, William K. Robertson, Giovanni Vigna
2005 A conf
Polymorphic Worm Detection Using Structural Information of Executables.
RAID
Christopher Krügel, Engin Kirda, Darren Mutz, William K. Robertson, Giovanni Vigna
2004 B conf
Alert Verification Determining the Success of Intrusion Attempts.
DIMVA
Christopher Krügel, William K. Robertson
2004 A conf
Detecting Kernel-Level Rootkits Through Binary Analysis.
ACSAC
Christopher Krügel, William K. Robertson, Giovanni Vigna
2004 A* conf
Static Disassembly of Obfuscated Binaries.
USENIX Security Symposium
Christopher Krügel, William K. Robertson, Fredrik Valeur, Giovanni Vigna
2004 A* conf
Testing network-based intrusion detection signatures using mutant exploits.
CCS
Giovanni Vigna, William K. Robertson, Davide Balzarotti
2004 J jnl
Using Alert Verification to Identify Successful Intrusion Attempts.
Prax. Inf.verarb. Kommun.
Christopher Kruegel, William K. Robertson, Giovanni Vigna
2003 A conf
A Stateful Intrusion Detection System for World-Wide Web Servers.
ACSAC
Giovanni Vigna, William K. Robertson, Vishal Kher, Richard A. Kemmerer
2003 A conf
Bayesian Event Classification for Intrusion Detection.
ACSAC
Christopher Krügel, Darren Mutz, William K. Robertson, Fredrik Valeur
2003 — conf
Run-time Detection of Heap-based Overflows.
LISA
William K. Robertson, Christopher Krügel, Darren Mutz, Fredrik Valeur
2003 A conf
Topology-Based Detection of Anomalous BGP Messages.
RAID
Christopher Krügel, Darren Mutz, William K. Robertson, Fredrik Valeur