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Lieven Desmet
Researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Publications - 93
Citations - 1669
Lieven Desmet is an academic researcher from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The author has contributed to research in topics: Web application & Web application security. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 89 publications receiving 1486 citations.
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A Study on Advanced Persistent Threats
TL;DR: The results of a comprehensive study on Advanced Persistent Threats are presented, characterizing its distinguishing characteristics and attack model, and analyzing techniques commonly seen in APT attacks.
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JSand: complete client-side sandboxing of third-party JavaScript without browser modifications
TL;DR: JSand, a server-driven but client-side JavaScript sandboxing framework, is proposed, and it is shown that it is secure, backwards compatible, and that it performs sufficiently well.
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WebJail: least-privilege integration of third-party components in web mashups
TL;DR: This work proposes WebJail, a novel client-side security architecture to enable least-privilege integration of components into a web mashup, based on high-level policies that restrict the available functionality in each individual component.
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Security-by-contract on the .NET platform
Lieven Desmet,Wouter Joosen,Fabio Massacci,Pieter Philippaerts,Frank Piessens,Ida Siahaan,Dries Vanoverberghe +6 more
TL;DR: The concept of security-by-contract (SxC) and its implementation on the .NET platform is described and this new model allows users to guarantee that an untrusted application remains within the boundaries of acceptable behavior, as defined by the user herself.
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Bitsquatting: exploiting bit-flips for fun, or profit?
TL;DR: It is shown how new bitsquatting domains are registered daily and how attackers are trying to monetize their domains through the use of ads, abuse of affiliate programs and even malware installations.