Yilu Dong
Yilu Dong

Ph.D. Student in CSE

Penn State University

About Me

Yilu Dong is a Ph.D. student from SyNSec Lab at Penn State University, supervised by Dr. Syed Rafiul Hussain. He has experience with 4G and 5G systems on both the UE (user equipment) side and the network (base stations and core) side and found mutiple vulnerbilities in cellular protocol implementations. He also has a board interest in the computer security area and enjoys exploring new topics.

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Interests
  • Systems Security
  • Communication Protocols Security
  • Software Testing
  • Applied Cryptography
Education

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering

    Penn State University

  • M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering

    Penn State University

  • B.S. in Computer Science

    Penn State University

Recent Publications
Yilu Dong, Tianchang Yang, Arupjyoti Bhuyan, Syed Rafiul Hussain (2025). GPS Spoofing Attacks on Automated Frequency Coordination System in Wi-Fi 6E and Beyond. In EW 25.
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Yilu Dong, Tianchang Yang, Abdullah Al Ishtiaq, Syed Md Mukit Rashid, Ali Ranjbar, Kai Tu, Tianwei Wu, Md Sultan Mahmud, Syed Rafiul Hussain (2025). CoreCrisis: Threat-Guided and Context-Aware Iterative Learning and Fuzzing of 5G Core Networks. In USENIX Security 25.
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Yilu Dong, Tao Wan, Tianwei Wu, Syed Rafiul Hussain (2025). Evaluating Time-Bounded Defense Against RRC Relay in 5G Broadcast Messages. In WiSec 25.
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Syed Md Mukit Rashid, Tianwei Wu, Kai Tu, Abdullah Al Ishtiaq, Ridwanul Hasan Tanvir, Yilu Dong, Omar Chowdhury, Syed Rafiul Hussain (2024). State Machine Mutation-based Testing Framework for Wireless Communication Protocols. In CCS 24.
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Rabiah Alnashwan, Yang Yang, Yilu Dong, Prosanta Gope, Behzad Abdolmaleki, Syed Rafiul Hussain (2024). Strong Privacy-Preserving Universally Composable AKA Protocol with Seamless Handover Support for Mobile Virtual Network Operator. In CCS 24.
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