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Nick Nikiforakis is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the field of Computer Science, with significant contributions to several subfields, including Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Signal Processing, Computer Networks and Communications, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their work covers a range of topics, focusing extensively on security aspects such as Spam and Phishing Detection, Advanced Malware Detection Techniques, and Network Security and Intrusion Detection. Other research areas include Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting, User Authentication and Security Systems, Web Application Security Vulnerabilities, and Authorship Attribution and Profiling.

Nick Nikiforakis has authored papers published in various notable venues. Recent publications include:

  • "Escaping the Confines of Time" (2022) in Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security
  • "Domains Do Change Their Spots: Quantifying Potential Abuse of Residual Trust" (2022) in 2022 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP)
  • "Verba Volant, Scripta Volant: Understanding Post-publication Title Changes in News Outlets" (2022) in Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2022
  • "Typosquatting 3.0: Characterizing Squatting in Blockchain Naming Systems" (2024) in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Introduction to the Special Issue on Vulnerabilities" (2022) in Digital Threats Research and Practice

Frequent publication venues for Nikiforakis include arXiv (Cornell University), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), 2022 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP), Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2022, and Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security.

Collaboration plays a notable role in their research, with several frequent co-authors contributing to their work. These include Brian Kondracki, Pierre Laperdrix, Johnny So, Babak Amin Azad, and Oleksii Starov.

Best Publications

  • Cookieless Monster: Exploring the Ecosystem of Web-Based Device Fingerprinting

    N. Nikiforakis;A. Kapravelos;W. Joosen;C. Kruegel

  • FPDetective: dusting the web for fingerprinters

    Gunes Acar;Marc Juarez;Nick Nikiforakis;Claudia Diaz

  • You are what you include: large-scale evaluation of remote javascript inclusions

    Nick Nikiforakis;Luca Invernizzi;Alexandros Kapravelos;Steven Van Acker

  • FlowFox: a web browser with flexible and precise information flow control

    Willem De Groef;Dominique Devriese;Nick Nikiforakis;Frank Piessens

  • PriVaricator: Deceiving Fingerprinters with Little White Lies

    Nick Nikiforakis;Wouter Joosen;Benjamin Livshits

  • Seven Months' Worth of Mistakes: A Longitudinal Study of Typosquatting Abuse

    Pieter Agten;Wouter Joosen;Frank Piessens;Nick Nikiforakis

  • RIPE: runtime intrusion prevention evaluator

    John Wilander;Nick Nikiforakis;Yves Younan;Mariam Kamkar

  • Block Me If You Can: A Large-Scale Study of Tracker-Blocking Tools

    Georg Merzdovnik;Markus Huber;Damjan Buhov;Nick Nikiforakis

  • Hiding in Plain Sight: A Longitudinal Study of Combosquatting Abuse

    Panagiotis Kintis;Najmeh Miramirkhani;Charles Lever;Yizheng Chen

  • Spotless Sandboxes: Evading Malware Analysis Systems Using Wear-and-Tear Artifacts

    Najmeh Miramirkhani;Mahathi Priya Appini;Nick Nikiforakis;Michalis Polychronakis

  • SessionShield: lightweight protection against session hijacking

    Nick Nikiforakis;Wannes Meert;Yves Younan;Martin Johns

  • XHOUND: Quantifying the Fingerprintability of Browser Extensions

    Oleksii Starov;Nick Nikiforakis

  • Parking sensors: Analyzing and detecting parked domains

    Thomas Vissers;Wouter Joosen;Nick Nikiforakis

  • Bitsquatting: exploiting bit-flips for fun, or profit?

    Nick Nikiforakis;Steven Van Acker;Wannes Meert;Lieven Desmet

  • The Clock is Still Ticking: Timing Attacks in the Modern Web

    Tom Van Goethem;Wouter Joosen;Nick Nikiforakis

  • Extended Tracking Powers: Measuring the Privacy Diffusion Enabled by Browser Extensions

    Oleksii Starov;Nick Nikiforakis

  • Soundsquatting: Uncovering the Use of Homophones in Domain Squatting

    Nick Nikiforakis;Marco Balduzzi;Lieven Desmet;Frank Piessens

  • Crying wolf? On the price discrimination of online airline tickets

    Thomas Vissers;Nick Nikiforakis;Nataliia Bielova;Wouter Joosen

  • Stranger danger: exploring the ecosystem of ad-based URL shortening services

    Nick Nikiforakis;Federico Maggi;Gianluca Stringhini;M. Zubair Rafique

  • Large-Scale Security Analysis of the Web: Challenges and Findings

    Tom Goethem;Ping Chen;Nick Nikiforakis;Lieven Desmet

  • FlashOver: automated discovery of cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in rich internet applications

    Steven Van Acker;Nick Nikiforakis;Lieven Desmet;Wouter Joosen

  • Less is More: Quantifying the Security Benefits of Debloating Web Applications

    Babak Amin Azad;Pierre Laperdrix;Nick Nikiforakis

Frequent Co-Authors

Wouter Joosen
Wouter Joosen KU Leuven
Manuel Egele
Manuel Egele Boston University
Gianluca Stringhini
Gianluca Stringhini Boston University
Giovanni Vigna
Giovanni Vigna University of California, Santa Barbara
Christopher Kruegel
Christopher Kruegel University of California, Santa Barbara
Mustaque Ahamad
Mustaque Ahamad Georgia Institute of Technology
Evangelos P. Markatos
Evangelos P. Markatos University of Crete
Michalis Polychronakis
Michalis Polychronakis Stony Brook University
Federico Maggi
Federico Maggi University of Sydney

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