I've mentioned before, but I think about this a lot. "There must be another room, somewhere down the hall, where the real meeting is happening, where the real experts are, making the real decisions ... because it can’t just be us. It can’t just be this." -- Jake Sullivan, 2013

Just one week left to submit a talk to the confidential computing devroom FOSDEM @[email protected] 2025. Submit by December 1st, and join us on February 1 in Brussels! falder.org/fosdem25-cfp

Got some negative or unrealistic threat model results that still bring interesting insights? A side channel that requires root to leak something from the kernel? Reproducing prior work? Somewhat related to microarchitecture? Here's your venue: uasc.cc

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oh you think you're the smartest guy on this zoom call? then why are you eating my cursor? stop eating my cursor dumbass

We’re delighted to reveal our next talk! "Breaking and Securing Memory Isolation in Texas Instruments Microcontrollers.“ by marton bognar and Jo Van Bulck. 🌐 #RuhrSec Website ruhrsec.de/2025/ 📖 RuhrSec Program ruhrsec.de/2025/index.htm… #itsecurity #itsicherheit

Happy to share that both our EuroSec Workshop papers got accepted! Congrats to Jonas and Anton for producing such great research so early in their PhD. See you in Rotterdam! Also for EuroSys 2025 and ASPLOS after :) 📜: adriaanjacobs.github.io/files/eurosec2… 📜: adriaanjacobs.github.io/files/eurosec2…

I’m sorry if I’m not responding to you it takes forever for me to run between the keys

Happy to receive the EuroSec Workshop'25 Best Paper Award for our paper "CUDA, Woulda, Shoulda: Returning Exploits in a SASS-y World" 🎉 Great recognition for Jonas Roels' hard work! Check the 📜 here: adriaanjacobs.github.io/files/eurosec2…

and if you need any more convincing, i will be giving a hands-on introduction to Proteus, our RISC-V processor designed for security researchers!

I am chairing the second edition of the microarchitecture security conference (uASC'26). Paper deadline for the first cycle is July 15. Please spread the word, submit, and/or join us in charming Leuven in February 2026! More info: uasc.cc

🐦 Forgot to catch the Early Bird? You’re in luck! The #ORSHIN Summer School deal now runs until August 1st! 🎉 Join us for smart ideas, cool people & a splash of sunshine ☀️ 👉 summer-school.info #SummerSchool #LastCallBirds #LearnInStyle

Take a cycle to read our SysTEX paper! We show that timing leaks can be introduced at all levels of the hardware-software stack in embedded systems (hardware state machines, comparisons of native C integers, and library functions). mici.hu/papers/vandijc… github.com/dnet-tee/wait-…

Ideally all papers should publish their code. You can help realize this by applying to be an artifact reviewer at NDSS'26. You'll get to review artifacts of accepted papers. We especially encourage junior/senior PhD students & PostDocs to apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

“grok, isn’t it true that [extremely leading question] and [basically instructions for grok to spit out the answer you want to hear].” grok: no that isn’t true

Chek out openIPE (IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy '25), a platform for security research featuring a memory isolation primitive based on Texas Instruments microcontrollers, an extensible trusted software layer, and tooling for security validation. mici.hu/papers/bognar2… github.com/martonbognar/o…

We investigated how changes to hardware designs are evaluated and found that systems security papers often omit crucial details, possibly leading to unfair comparisons with other work. Check our paper for more details with a case study + recommendations! mici.hu/papers/demeule…