Prof. @KU_Leuven | Research in Network & Software Security | Known for WPA2 KRACK attack, Dragonblood, and FragAttacks | Open to consultancy | Ex-Postdoc NYU
Mathy Vanhoef
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We found that Wi-Fi client isolation can often be bypassed. This allows an attacker who can connect to a network, either as a malicious insider or by connecting to a co-located open network, to attack others.
NDSS'26 paper: www.ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/u...
GitHub: github.com/vanhoefm/air...
this is one of the most amazing papers I have ever read
eprint.iacr.org/2026/058.pdf
The US government is considering punishing American scientists who worked with Chinese researchers *years ago, retroactively*.
I've found AI tools to be quite useful too look for related work. And apparently so do others, searching Google Scholar for "utm_source=chatgpt.com" gives 13,900+ hits ;) scholar.google.com/scholar?star...
Excellent article on the work by @dangoodin.bsky.social: arstechnica.com/security/202...
I'd say we bypass Wi-Fi encryption, in the sense that we can bypass client isolation. We don't break Wi-Fi authentication or encryption. Crypto is often bypassed instead of broken. And we bypass it ;)
Nominate yourself to help review papers for USENIX Security 2027! sec-rms.com/submit-appli... (or rms.swag.cispa.de/submit-appli... ). Deadline: May 28, 2026.
We're looking for both senior and junior people. See Andrei Sabelfeld's LinkedIn post for more info: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Mathy Vanhoef
In addition to being absolutely brilliant, amazing & charming in her own right, we all know she was raised by a single dad w/4 siblings and that he came to the US bc of persecution bc of his participation in the ‘89 Tiananmen democracy uprising, right?
The NDSS Symposium 2026 program is live. With 265 accepted papers and 8 workshops, the quality of security research this year is staggering. It is a testament to the community's dedication to keeping the digital world safe. www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss2026/pro... 1/4
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Michael Clemens
Mathy Vanhoef
Where these tools shine is literature searches. I’m increasingly of the opinion that we need to write papers for LLMs to read. It’s frustrating that many ePrint sites actually block these tools. This is the first tool that can find the “small result” you left as a footnote in Appendix B that I need.
