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Nick Nikiforakis

Publication record assembled from the DBLP archive of ranked conferences.

Papers indexed

75

Venues

14

Active years

2010–2026

Best venue rank

A*

Where they publish

Papers

75 indexed papers, newest first.

YearVenueTitleAuthors
2026NetworkingNew Trains, Same Rails: Fingerprinting Cryptocurrency Software via Network Requests.Muhammad Muzammil, Oleksii Starov, Zane Ma, Nick Nikiforakis
2025CCSThe Power to Never Be Wrong: Evasions and Anachronistic Attacks Against Web Archives.Robin Kirchner, Chris Tsoukaladelis, Martin Johns, Nick Nikiforakis
2025CCSWhat Gets Measured Gets Managed: Mitigating Supply Chain Attacks with a Link Integrity Management System.Johnny So, Michael Ferdman, Nick Nikiforakis
2025CCSA Decade-long Landscape of Advanced Persistent Threats: Longitudinal Analysis and Global Trends.Shakhzod Yuldoshkhujaev, Mijin Jeon, Doowon Kim, Nick Nikiforakis, Hyungjoon Koo
2025RAIDUncontained Danger: Quantifying Remote Dependencies in Containerized Applications.Chris Tsoukaladelis, Roberto Perdisci, Nick Nikiforakis
2025WWWThe Poorest Man in Babylon: A Longitudinal Study of Cryptocurrency Investment Scams.Muhammad Muzammil, Abisheka Pitumpe, Xigao Li, Amir Rahmati, Nick Nikiforakis
2024ACSACReady or Not, Here I Come: Characterizing the Security of Prematurely-public Web Applications.Brian Kondracki, Michael Ferdman, Nick Nikiforakis
2024ACSACHarnessing Multiplicity: Granular Browser Extension Fingerprinting through User Configurations.Konstantinos Solomos, Nick Nikiforakis, Jason Polakis
2024DIMVAKnocking on Admin's Door: Protecting Critical Web Applications with Deception.Billy Tsouvalas, Nick Nikiforakis
2024IMCPanning for gold.eth: Understanding and Analyzing ENS Domain Dropcatching.Muhammad Muzammil, Zhengyu Wu, Aruna Balasubramanian, Nick Nikiforakis
2024NDSSLike, Comment, Get Scammed: Characterizing Comment Scams on Media Platforms.Xigao Li, Amir Rahmati, Nick Nikiforakis
2024NetworkingSecrets are Forever: Characterizing Sensitive File Leaks on IPFS.Zhengyu Wu, Brian Kondracki, Nick Nikiforakis, Aruna Balasubramanian
2024SPThe Times They Are A-Changin': Characterizing Post-Publication Changes to Online News.Chris Tsoukaladelis, Brian Kondracki, Niranjan Balasubramanian, Nick Nikiforakis
2024SPManufactured Narratives: On the Potential of Manipulating Social Media to Politicize World Events.Chris Tsoukaladelis, Nick Nikiforakis
2023NDSSNavigating Murky Waters: Automated Browser Feature Testing for Uncovering Tracking Vectors.Mir Masood Ali, Binoy Chitale, Mohammad Ghasemisharif, Chris Kanich, Nick Nikiforakis, Jason Polakis
2023NDSSDouble and Nothing: Understanding and Detecting Cryptocurrency Giveaway Scams.Xigao Li, Anurag Yepuri, Nick Nikiforakis
2023WWWScan Me If You Can: Understanding and Detecting Unwanted Vulnerability Scanning.Xigao Li, Babak Amin Azad, Amir Rahmati, Nick Nikiforakis
2023WWWThe More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Integrity of Modern JavaScript.Johnny So, Michael Ferdman, Nick Nikiforakis
2022CCSEscaping the Confines of Time: Continuous Browser Extension Fingerprinting Through Ephemeral Modifications.Konstantinos Solomos, Panagiotis Ilia, Nick Nikiforakis, Jason Polakis
2022NDSSThe Droid is in the Details: Environment-aware Evasion of Android Sandboxes.Brian Kondracki, Babak Amin Azad, Najmeh Miramirkhani, Nick Nikiforakis
2022WWWVerba Volant, Scripta Volant: Understanding Post-publication Title Changes in News Outlets.Xingzhi Guo, Brian Kondracki, Nick Nikiforakis, Steven Skiena
2022SPDomains Do Change Their Spots: Quantifying Potential Abuse of Residual Trust.Johnny So, Najmeh Miramirkhani, Michael Ferdman, Nick Nikiforakis
2021AsiaCCSClick This, Not That: Extending Web Authentication with Deception.Timothy Barron, Johnny So, Nick Nikiforakis
2021CCSCatching Transparent Phish: Analyzing and Detecting MITM Phishing Toolkits.Brian Kondracki, Babak Amin Azad, Oleksii Starov, Nick Nikiforakis
2021NDSSTo Err.Is Human: Characterizing the Threat of Unintended URLs in Social Media.Beliz Kaleli, Brian Kondracki, Manuel Egele, Nick Nikiforakis, Gianluca Stringhini
2021WWWWhere are you taking me?Understanding Abusive Traffic Distribution Systems.Janos Szurdi, Meng Luo, Brian Kondracki, Nick Nikiforakis, Nicolas Christin
2021SPGood Bot, Bad Bot: Characterizing Automated Browsing Activity.Xigao Li, Babak Amin Azad, Amir Rahmati, Nick Nikiforakis
2020CCSYou've Changed: Detecting Malicious Browser Extensions through their Update Deltas.Nikolaos Pantelaios, Nick Nikiforakis, Alexandros Kapravelos
2020DIMVAWeb Runner 2049: Evaluating Third-Party Anti-bot Services.Babak Amin Azad, Oleksii Starov, Pierre Laperdrix, Nick Nikiforakis
2020DIMVAShort Paper - Taming the Shape Shifter: Detecting Anti-fingerprinting Browsers.Babak Amin Azad, Oleksii Starov, Pierre Laperdrix, Nick Nikiforakis
2020NDSSComplex Security Policy? A Longitudinal Analysis of Deployed Content Security Policies.Sebastian Roth, Timothy Barron, Stefano Calzavara, Nick Nikiforakis, Ben Stock
2020SPMeddling Middlemen: Empirical Analysis of the Risks of Data-Saving Mobile Browsers.Brian Kondracki, Assel Aliyeva, Manuel Egele, Jason Polakis, Nick Nikiforakis
2019CCSPurchased Fame: Exploring the Ecosystem of Private Blog Networks.Tom van Goethem, Najmeh Miramirkhani, Wouter Joosen, Nick Nikiforakis
2019DIMVAMorellian Analysis for Browsers: Making Web Authentication Stronger with Canvas Fingerprinting.Pierre Laperdrix, Gildas Avoine, Benoit Baudry, Nick Nikiforakis
2019NDSSTime Does Not Heal All Wounds: A Longitudinal Analysis of Security-Mechanism Support in Mobile Browsers.Meng Luo, Pierre Laperdrix, Nima Honarmand, Nick Nikiforakis
2019RAIDNow You See It, Now You Don't: A Large-scale Analysis of Early Domain Deletions.Timothy Barron, Najmeh Miramirkhani, Nick Nikiforakis
2019WWWUnnecessarily Identifiable: Quantifying the fingerprintability of browser extensions due to bloat.Oleksii Starov, Pierre Laperdrix, Alexandros Kapravelos, Nick Nikiforakis
2018WWWPanning for gold.com: Understanding the Dynamics of Domain Dropcatching.Najmeh Miramirkhani, Timothy Barron, Michael Ferdman, Nick Nikiforakis
2018WWWExposing Search and Advertisement Abuse Tactics and Infrastructure of Technical Support Scammers.Bharat Srinivasan, Athanasios Kountouras, Najmeh Miramirkhani, Monjur Alam, Nick Nikiforakis, Manos Antonakakis, Mustaque Ahamad
2018WWWBetrayed by Your Dashboard: Discovering Malicious Campaigns via Web Analytics.Oleksii Starov, Yuchen Zhou, Xiao Zhang, Najmeh Miramirkhani, Nick Nikiforakis
2017ACSACPicky Attackers: Quantifying the Role of System Properties on Intruder Behavior.Timothy Barron, Nick Nikiforakis
2017CCSHiding in Plain Sight: A Longitudinal Study of Combosquatting Abuse.Panagiotis Kintis, Najmeh Miramirkhani, Charles Lever, Yizheng Chen, Rosa Romero Gmez, Nikolaos Pitropakis, Nick Nikiforakis, Manos Antonakakis
2017CCSHindsight: Understanding the Evolution of UI Vulnerabilities in Mobile Browsers.Meng Luo, Oleksii Starov, Nima Honarmand, Nick Nikiforakis
2017CCSThe Wolf of Name Street: Hijacking Domains Through Their Nameservers.Thomas Vissers, Timothy Barron, Tom van Goethem, Wouter Joosen, Nick Nikiforakis
2017NDSSDial One for Scam: A Large-Scale Analysis of Technical Support Scams.Najmeh Miramirkhani, Oleksii Starov, Nick Nikiforakis
2017WWWWhat's in a Name?: Understanding Profile Name Reuse on Twitter.Enrico Mariconti, Jeremiah Onaolapo, Syed Sharique Ahmad, Nicolas Nikiforou, Manuel Egele, Nick Nikiforakis, Gianluca Stringhini
2017WWWExtended Tracking Powers: Measuring the Privacy Diffusion Enabled by Browser Extensions.Oleksii Starov, Nick Nikiforakis
2017SPSpotless Sandboxes: Evading Malware Analysis Systems Using Wear-and-Tear Artifacts.Najmeh Miramirkhani, Mahathi Priya Appini, Nick Nikiforakis, Michalis Polychronakis
2017SPXHOUND: Quantifying the Fingerprintability of Browser Extensions.Oleksii Starov, Nick Nikiforakis
2016NDSSIt's Free for a Reason: Exploring the Ecosystem of Free Live Streaming Services.M. Zubair Rafique, Tom van Goethem, Wouter Joosen, Christophe Huygens, Nick Nikiforakis
2016WWWNo Honor Among Thieves: A Large-Scale Analysis of Malicious Web Shells.Oleksii Starov, Johannes Dahse, Syed Sharique Ahmad, Thorsten Holz, Nick Nikiforakis
2015CCSThe Clock is Still Ticking: Timing Attacks in the Modern Web.Tom van Goethem, Wouter Joosen, Nick Nikiforakis
2015CCSDrops for Stuff: An Analysis of Reshipping Mule Scams.Shuang Hao, Kevin Borgolte, Nick Nikiforakis, Gianluca Stringhini, Manuel Egele, Michael Eubanks, Brian Krebs, Giovanni Vigna
2015CCSManeuvering Around Clouds: Bypassing Cloud-based Security Providers.Thomas Vissers, Tom van Goethem, Wouter Joosen, Nick Nikiforakis
2015NDSSSeven Months' Worth of Mistakes: A Longitudinal Study of Typosquatting Abuse.Pieter Agten, Wouter Joosen, Frank Piessens, Nick Nikiforakis
2015NDSSParking Sensors: Analyzing and Detecting Parked Domains.Thomas Vissers, Wouter Joosen, Nick Nikiforakis
2015WWWPriVaricator: Deceiving Fingerprinters with Little White Lies.Nick Nikiforakis, Wouter Joosen, Benjamin Livshits
2014CCSMonkey-in-the-browser: malware and vulnerabilities in augmented browsing script markets.Steven Van Acker, Nick Nikiforakis, Lieven Desmet, Frank Piessens, Wouter Joosen
2014CCSClubbing Seals: Exploring the Ecosystem of Third-party Security Seals.Tom van Goethem, Frank Piessens, Wouter Joosen, Nick Nikiforakis
2014WWWStranger danger: exploring the ecosystem of ad-based URL shortening services.Nick Nikiforakis, Federico Maggi, Gianluca Stringhini, M. Zubair Rafique, Wouter Joosen, Christopher Kruegel, Frank Piessens, Giovanni Vigna, Stefano Zanero
2013CCSFPDetective: dusting the web for fingerprinters.Gunes Acar, Marc Juarez, Nick Nikiforakis, Claudia Daz, Seda F. Grses, Frank Piessens, Bart Preneel
2013CCSTabShots: client-side detection of tabnabbing attacks.Philippe De Ryck, Nick Nikiforakis, Lieven Desmet, Wouter Joosen
2013DIMVAHeapSentry: Kernel-Assisted Protection against Heap Overflows.Nick Nikiforakis, Frank Piessens, Wouter Joosen
2013WWWBitsquatting: exploiting bit-flips for fun, or profit?Nick Nikiforakis, Steven Van Acker, Wannes Meert, Lieven Desmet, Frank Piessens, Wouter Joosen
2013SPCookieless Monster: Exploring the Ecosystem of Web-Based Device Fingerprinting.Nick Nikiforakis, Alexandros Kapravelos, Wouter Joosen, Christopher Kruegel, Frank Piessens, Giovanni Vigna
2012CCSFlashOver: automated discovery of cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in rich internet applications.Steven Van Acker, Nick Nikiforakis, Lieven Desmet, Wouter Joosen, Frank Piessens
2012CCSFlowFox: a web browser with flexible and precise information flow control.Willem De Groef, Dominique Devriese, Nick Nikiforakis, Frank Piessens
2012CCSYou are what you include: large-scale evaluation of remote javascript inclusions.Nick Nikiforakis, Luca Invernizzi, Alexandros Kapravelos, Steven Van Acker, Wouter Joosen, Christopher Kruegel, Frank Piessens, Giovanni Vigna
2012DAISSerene: Self-Reliant Client-Side Protection against Session Fixation.Philippe De Ryck, Nick Nikiforakis, Lieven Desmet, Frank Piessens, Wouter Joosen
2012RAIDDEMACRO: Defense against Malicious Cross-Domain Requests.Sebastian Lekies, Nick Nikiforakis, Walter Tighzert, Frank Piessens, Martin Johns
2012SECHyperForce: Hypervisor-enForced Execution of Security-Critical Code.Francesco Gadaleta, Nick Nikiforakis, Jan Tobias Mhlberg, Wouter Joosen
2012WISTPRecent Developments in Low-Level Software Security.Pieter Agten, Nick Nikiforakis, Raoul Strackx, Willem De Groef, Frank Piessens
2011ACSACRIPE: runtime intrusion prevention evaluator.John Wilander, Nick Nikiforakis, Yves Younan, Mariam Kamkar, Wouter Joosen
2010DIMVAHProxy: Client-Side Detection of SSL Stripping Attacks.Nick Nikiforakis, Yves Younan, Wouter Joosen
2010ICISSValueGuard: Protection of Native Applications against Data-Only Buffer Overflows.Steven Van Acker, Nick Nikiforakis, Pieter Philippaerts, Yves Younan, Frank Piessens