I am a second-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, currently working as a Graduate Research Assistant under the guidance of Dr. Syed Rafiul Hussain.

Research Interest

My research focuses on security and privacy, particularly within wireless communications and user-side implementations. I am dedicated to addressing security and privacy concerns by developing innovative attack strategies and defense mechanisms. My work involves creating new methodologies to exploit and safeguard communication systems, ensuring that both current and emerging technologies are robust against threats. My research interests include but are not limited to the following:

• Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems
• Wireless Communications and Device Security
• Wireless Communication Protocol Analysis

Recent News

• [April’26]: [“Guardians of the Air: In-Device Detection of 5G Control-Plane Threats”] has been accepted to be presented at IEEE S&P ‘26.
• [April’26]: MediaTek awarded $1,125 for reporting high severity vulnerability in 5G devices.
• [March’26]: Google awarded $3,000 for reporting high severity vulnerability in 5G devices.
• [August’25]: “CoreCrisis: Threat-Guided and Context-Aware Iterative Learning and Fuzzing of 5G Core Networks” has been accepted to be presented at USENIX Security ‘25.
• [June’25]: “Evaluating Time-Bounded Defense Against RRC Relay in 5G Broadcast Messages” has been accepted to be presented at WiSec ‘25.
• [June’24]: Acknowledged in Samsung Product Security Update for vulnerabilities in 5G baseband implementations.
• [June’24]: Samsung awarded $5,700 for reporting high severity vulnerabilities in 5G devices.
• [May’24]: “Cracking the 5G Fortress: Peering Into 5G’s Vulnerability Abyss” has been accepted to be presented at the Blackhat USA 2024.
• [April’24]: Google awarded $3,000 for reporting vulnerabilities in 4G devices.
• [April’24]: Acknowledged in Unisoc Product Security Acknowledgements for vulnerabilities in 5G baseband implementations.
• [March’24]: “Logic Gone Astray: A Security Analysis Framework for the Control Plane Protocols of 5G Basebands” has been accepted at USENIX Security ‘24.
• [February’24]: Google awarded $14,250 for reporting high severity vulnerabilities in 5G devices.
• [October’23]: “Hermes: Unlocking Security Analysis of Cellular Network Protocols by Synthesizing Finite State Machines from Natural Language Specifications” has been accepted at USENIX Security ‘24.
• [May’23]: Inducted in GSMA Mobile Security Research Acknowledgement for identifying security issues in specification design.