I am a computer science PhD candidate at Northeastern University advised by Prof. Guevara Noubir. I received my bachelor's degree from University of St Andrews, Scotland.
Email: amirali AT ccs DOT neu DOT edu
Location: 208 WVH
College of Computer and Information Science
Projects
- Subverting Privacy Infrastructure for Cyber Attacks (CCIS Outstanding Research Award)
- Mobile Security and Side Channel Attacks
- Analyses of DNS Operation with Reduced Caching (B.Sc. Thesis)
- Private Clouds as a Platform for Hosting Virtual Worlds
Teaching
- Instructor:
- Network Security (CS 6740), Summer 2016 , Summer 2014
- Teaching Assistant:
- Cryptography and Communication Security (CS6750), Spring 2017
- INSuRE - Research Project in National Information Security (IA 8660), Fall 2016
- Deconstructing the Cloud: a Security Perspective (CS8764), Spring 2016
- Network Security (CS 6740), Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013
- Systems and Networks (CS 3600), Fall 2012
Publications
Conferences & Workshops
- Hyperdrive: a Flexible Cloud Testbed for Research and Education , S. Deshpande, A. Munshi, D. Kohlbrenner, M. Yessaillian, S. Symonds,
- Honey Onions: a Framework for Characterizing and Identifying Misbehaving Tor HSDirs , Guevara Noubir
- Trusted Code Execution on Untrusted Platform Using Intel SGX Guevara Noubir,
- HOnions: Towards Detection and Identification of Misbehaving Tor HSDirs , Guevara Noubir
- OnionBots: Subverting Privacy Infrastructure for Cyber Attacks , Guevara Noubir
- Single-stroke Language-Agnostic Keylogging using Stereo-Microphones and Domain Specific Machine Learning Sashank Narain, , Guevara Noubir
- Wireless Spreading of WiFi APs Infections using WPS Flaws: an Epidemiological and Experimental Study , Sashank Narain, Guevara Noubir
- Virtual Machines for Virtual Worlds , Iain A. Oliver, Alan H. D. Miller and Colin Allison
Agnes Chan, Guevara Noubir
IEEE Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST), 2017, USA [PDF] [BibTex]
IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS), 2016, USA [PDF] [BibTex]
Virus Bulletin (VB), 2016, USA [PDF] [BibTex]
Workshop on Hot Topics in Privacy Enhancing Technologies (HotPETs), 2016, Germany [PDF] [BibTex]
IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), 2015, Brazil [PDF] [BibTex]
ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (WiSec), 2014, UK [PDF] [BibTex]
IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS), 2013, USA [PDF] [BibTex]
International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (CLOSER), 2012, Portugal [PDF] [BibTex]
Posters
- , G. Noubir, Off-path Man-in-the-Middle Attack on Tor Hidden Services New England Security Day (NESD), 2017, USA [PDF]
- , HOnions: Exposing Snooping Tor HSDirs RSA Conference, 2017, USA [PDF]
- , G. Noubir, Exposing Snooping in Tor by HSDir Relays Advanced Cyber Security Center (ACSC), 2016, USA
- , G. Noubir, Poster: Mitigating OnionBots
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (Oakland), 2016, USA [PDF] [BibTex] - S. Narain, , G. Noubir, Single-stroke Language-Agnostic Keylogging using Stereo-Microphones and Domain Specific Machine Learning
Advanced Cyber Security Center (ACSC), 2014, USA - , S. Narain, G. Noubir, POSTER: WiFi AP Infection Spread
ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (WiSec), 2014, UK [PDF] [BibTex] - , S. Narain, G. Noubir, WiFi AP Infection Spread
Advanced Cyber Security Center (ACSC), 2013, USA
Talks
- Getting Started with Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies in Python
PyCon, Cleveland, USA, May 2018 - Common Crypto Pitfalls
SecureWorld, Boston, USA, Mar. 2018 - Common Crypto Pitfalls
Source, Mesa, USA, Feb. 2018 - Applied Modern Cryptography in Python
PyCon, Portland, USA, May 2017 - Introduction to Modern Cryptography
Security BSides, Boston, USA, Apr. 2017 - Trusted Code Execution on Untrusted Platform Using Intel SGX
Virus Bulletin (VB), Denver, USA, Oct. 2016 - Honey Onions: Exposing Snooping Tor HSDir Relays
DEF CON 24, Las Vegas, USA, Aug. 2016 - Getting Started with Cryptography in Python
Crypto & Privacy Village, Las Vegas, USA, Aug. 2016 - Cryptography in Python
PyGotham, New York, USA, Jul. 2016 - OnionBots: Subverting Privacy Infrastructure for Cyber Attacks
University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada, Oct. 2015
Press
- Coverage of my work on Tor & HOnions has appeared in Ars Technica, Threatpost, ZDNet, Vice Motherboard, The Hill, SC Magazine, Tech Republic, Naked Security, International Business Times, The Register, Tor Project, etc.
- Coverage of my OnionBots research has appeared in MIT Technology Review, ACM TechNews, CCIS Newsletter, MIT Technology Review (es), and NEU News.
Services
- ACM WiSec 2017, Web Chair
- Data Science Essentials in Python, The Pragmatic Bookshelf, Reviewer
- IEEE S&P 2017, External Reviewer
- ACM ASIACCS 2017, External Reviewer
- ACM ASIACCS 2016, External Reviewer
- ACM WiSec 2015, Publication Co-Chair
- Paper Reviewer
- IEEE Transactions on Big Data (TBD)
- IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC)
- IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC)
- Elsevier Computer Networks (COMNET)
- Elsevier Computer Communications
- Founder and leader, OWASP NEU Student Chapter
- PhD representative, College of Computer and Information Science Hiring Committee
- Northeastern Graduate Student Governance Senator and Finance Committee Member
- Northeastern International Student and Scholar Institute Carnevale Co-Chair
- Northeastern Teaching Orientation Host, Assistant Program Coordinator, Speaker and Panellist