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The hidden vulnerabilities of embedded web browsers
Dec 15, 2025
Consumers and manufacturers need to recognize embedded browsers as critical attack surfaces, and demand the same security standards and update practices expected of traditional web browsers. KU Leuven research shows that these integrated web browsers pose significant security risks.
KU Leuven researchers expose fundamental hardware flaw in highly protected cloud servers
Sep 30, 2025
Intel's and AMD's high-tech cloud security hacked with €50 gadget.
USENIX Distinguished Paper Award Highlights Misuse of CVEs in Academic Research
Aug 14, 2025
Congratulations to Mathy Vanhoef, Jo Van Bulck and co-authors on winning the Distinguished Paper Award at USENIX Security 2025!
Distinguished Paper Award at EuroS&P 2025 for Márton Bognár and Jo Van Bulck
Jul 07, 2025
At the 10th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy, DistriNet researchers were awarded the Distinguished Paper for their work on "openIPE: An Extensible Memory Isolation Framework for Microcontrollers".
New security issues uncovered in millions of computer servers.
Mar 03, 2025
DistriNet's Mathy Vanhoef and Angelos Beitis discovered a crucial VPN tunneling host vulnerability, caused by protocol misconfigurations.
ACM CSS 2024 awards DistriNet researchers with Distinguished Paper Award on new defenses against CFL attacks.
Dec 16, 2024
Research on hardware-software co-design approach to develop principled defenses against CFL attacks wins Distinguished Paper Award at ACM CSS 2024 in Salt Lake City.
Researchers expose critical cloud server vulnerability in AMD processors
Dec 10, 2024
"BadRAM" bypasses AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualisation technology, used on public cloud servers to store sensitive data.
Best paper award at BRAINS 2024 for research on scalable state sharing for low-resource validators in Blockchain networks.
Oct 14, 2024
Research on a new protocol that allows validator nodes in blockchain networks to function without storing the entire blockchain state, reducing storage costs by distributing data across the network.
Swipe left for identity theft: Privacy risks in location-based dating apps
Aug 06, 2024
At both Blackhat USA and USENIX Security, Karel Dhondt and Victor Le Pochat will present their research on vulnerabilities in dating apps: several major dating apps leaked user data and left user locations open to exploitation by malicious actors.
DistriNet researchers awarded at the IEEE EuroS&P 2024 symposium
Jul 15, 2024
Gints Engelen and Gianlucca Scopelliti receive awards at EuroS&P'24.
Interview with Em. Prof. Yolande Berbers in Geniaal
Jun 27, 2024
In April, we celebrated Yolande Berber's well-deserved retirement. In Geniaal, she reflects on her career and looks forward to her future.
Héloise Gollier wins best paper award at WiSec '24 for unveiling new Wi-Fi vulnerability: SSID Confusion Attack
Jun 25, 2024
At the 17th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (Seoul), Gollier and Vanhoef's paper entitled 'SSID Confusion: Making Wi-Fi Clients Connect to the Wrong Network' wins the best paper award.
Flanders cybersecurity ecosystem at the RSA conference
May 06, 2024
Together with Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT), DistriNet's head Prof. Wouter Joosen is showcasing Flanders' cybersecurity ecosystem in San Francisco. Their engagements include meetings in Silicon Valley with digital powerhouses such as Broadcom, NVIDIA and HP Enterprise.
Reflecting on Research Practices: Encouraging the security research community to engage in meta-research.
Apr 02, 2024
Security column by Victor Le Pochat, published in Communications of the ACM (March 2024).
Security analysis reveals issues in Intellectual Property Encapsulation in Texas Instruments microcontrollers
Apr 02, 2024
Despite promising aspects of IPE, researchers from DistriNet have found major security shortcomings.
Research on V2X Security Wins Best Artifact Award
Mar 19, 2024
Joint research from DistriNet, ULB and Ericsson on the security and trust of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) systems wins award at NDSS 2024.
ACSAC 2023 Cybersecurity Artifacts Impact Award for SGX-Step
Dec 20, 2023
The SGX-Step framework by Jo Van Bulck and Frank Piessens is rewarded with an ACSAC 2023 Cybersecurity Artifacts Impact Award.
Best Paper Award for IEEE QRS 2023 for Anh-Duy Tran
Nov 30, 2023
At the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability, and Security (Oct 2023, Chiang Mai, Thailand), Anh-Duy Tran received the best paper award.
Márton Bognár finalist in CSAW Applied Research Competition
Nov 28, 2023
"Showtime" for Márton Bognár at CSAW.
Innovators unite: 'Cybersecurity: Strategic Research and Industry Impact' event addresses crucial questions
Oct 26, 2023
2nd edition of 'Cybersecurity: Strategic Research and Industry Impact'