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.
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
(2024).
State Machine Mutation-based Testing Framework for Wireless Communication Protocols.
In CCS 24.
(2024).
Strong Privacy-Preserving Universally Composable AKA Protocol with Seamless Handover Support for Mobile Virtual Network Operator.
In CCS 24.
(2024).
Logic Gone Astray: A Security Analysis Framework for the Control Plane Protocols of 5G Basebands.
In USENIX Security 24. Distinguished Paper Award.
(2023).
Formal Analysis of Access Control Mechanism of 5G Core Network.
In CCS 23.
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