R. Sekar

Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 1999-2024
Publications (10 Years): 17

Top Topics

Forensic Analysis

Information Flows

Top Venues

USENIX Security Symposium

IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy

Publications

Lingzhi Wang, Xiangmin Shen, Weijian Li, Zhenyuan Li, R. Sekar, Han Liu, Yan Chen
Incorporating Gradients to Rules: Towards Lightweight, Adaptive Provenance-based Intrusion Detection. CoRR (2024)
Soumyakant Priyadarshan, Huan Nguyen, Rohit Chouhan, R. Sekar
SAFER: Efficient and Error-Tolerant Binary Instrumentation. USENIX Security Symposium (2023)
Soumyakant Priyadarshan, Huan Nguyen, R. Sekar
Accurate Disassembly of Complex Binaries Without Use of Compiler Metadata. ASPLOS (4) (2023)
Md Nahid Hossain, Sanaz Sheikhi, R. Sekar
Combating Dependence Explosion in Forensic Analysis Using Alternative Tag Propagation Semantics. IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (2020)
Soumyakant Priyadarshan, Huan Nguyen, R. Sekar
Practical Fine-Grained Binary Code Randomization†. ACSAC (2020)
Sadegh Momeni Milajerdi, Rigel Gjomemo, Birhanu Eshete, R. Sekar, V. N. Venkatakrishnan
HOLMES: Real-Time APT Detection through Correlation of Suspicious Information Flows. IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (2019)
Md Nahid Hossain, Sadegh M. Milajerdi, Junao Wang, Birhanu Eshete, Rigel Gjomemo, R. Sekar, Scott D. Stoller, V. N. Venkatakrishnan
SLEUTH: Real-time Attack Scenario Reconstruction from COTS Audit Data. CoRR (2018)
Sadegh M. Milajerdi, Rigel Gjomemo, Birhanu Eshete, R. Sekar, V. N. Venkatakrishnan
HOLMES: Real-time APT Detection through Correlation of Suspicious Information Flows. CoRR (2018)
Md Nahid Hossain, Junao Wang, R. Sekar, Scott D. Stoller
Dependence-Preserving Data Compaction for Scalable Forensic Analysis. USENIX Security Symposium (2018)
Mingwei Zhang, Michalis Polychronakis, R. Sekar
Protecting COTS Binaries from Disclosure-guided Code Reuse Attacks. ACSAC (2017)
Rui Qiao, R. Sekar
Function Interface Analysis: A Principled Approach for Function Recognition in COTS Binaries. DSN (2017)
Md Nahid Hossain, Sadegh M. Milajerdi, Junao Wang, Birhanu Eshete, Rigel Gjomemo, R. Sekar, Scott D. Stoller, V. N. Venkatakrishnan
SLEUTH: Real-time Attack Scenario Reconstruction from COTS Audit Data. USENIX Security Symposium (2017)
Niranjan Hasabnis, R. Sekar
Lifting Assembly to Intermediate Representation: A Novel Approach Leveraging Compilers. ASPLOS (2016)
Birhanu Eshete, Rigel Gjomemo, Md Nahid Hossain, Sadegh Momeni, R. Sekar, Scott D. Stoller, V. N. Venkatakrishnan, Junao Wang
Attack Analysis Results for Adversarial Engagement 1 of the DARPA Transparent Computing Program. CoRR (2016)
Wai-Kit Sze, Abhinav Srivastava, R. Sekar
Hardening OpenStack Cloud Platforms against Compute Node Compromises. AsiaCCS (2016)
Alok Tongaonkar, R. Sekar
Condition Factorization: A Technique for Building Fast and Compact Packet Matching Automata. IEEE Trans. Inf. Forensics Secur. 11 (3) (2016)
Niranjan Hasabnis, R. Sekar
Extracting instruction semantics via symbolic execution of code generators. SIGSOFT FSE (2016)
Mingwei Zhang, R. Sekar
Control Flow and Code Integrity for COTS binaries: An Effective Defense Against Real-World ROP Attacks. ACSAC (2015)
Niranjan Hasabnis, Rui Qiao, R. Sekar
Checking correctness of code generator architecture specifications. CGO (2015)
Tung Tran, Riccardo Pelizzi, R. Sekar
JaTE: Transparent and Efficient JavaScript Confinement. ACSAC (2015)
Wai-Kit Sze, R. Sekar
Provenance-based Integrity Protection for Windows. ACSAC (2015)
Riccardo Pelizzi, R. Sekar
WebSheets: Web Applications for Non-Programmers. NSPW (2015)
Rui Qiao, Mingwei Zhang, R. Sekar
A Principled Approach for ROP Defense. ACSAC (2015)
Mingwei Zhang, Rui Qiao, Niranjan Hasabnis, R. Sekar
A platform for secure static binary instrumentation. VEE (2014)
Volodymyr Kuznetsov, Laszlo Szekeres, Mathias Payer, George Candea, R. Sekar, Dawn Song
Code-Pointer Integrity. OSDI (2014)
Laszlo Szekeres, Mathias Payer, Tao Wei, R. Sekar
Eternal War in Memory. IEEE Secur. Priv. 12 (3) (2014)
Wai-Kit Sze, Bhuvan Mital, R. Sekar
Towards more usable information flow policies for contemporary operating systems. SACMAT (2014)
Wai-Kit Sze, R. Sekar
Comprehensive integrity protection for desktop linux. SACMAT (2014)
Mingwei Zhang, R. Sekar
Control Flow Integrity for COTS Binaries. USENIX Security Symposium (2013)
Wai-Kit Sze, R. Sekar
A portable user-level approach for system-wide integrity protection. ACSAC (2013)
Riccardo Pelizzi, R. Sekar
Protection, usability and improvements in reflected XSS filters. AsiaCCS (2012)
Niranjan Hasabnis, Ashish Misra, R. Sekar
Light-weight bounds checking. CGO (2012)
R. Sekar
Information Flow Containment: A Practical Basis for Malware Defense. DBSec (2011)
Riccardo Pelizzi, R. Sekar
A server- and browser-transparent CSRF defense for web 2.0 applications. ACSAC (2011)
Lorenzo Cavallaro, R. Sekar
Taint-Enhanced Anomaly Detection. ICISS (2011)
Yves Younan, Pieter Philippaerts, Lorenzo Cavallaro, R. Sekar, Frank Piessens, Wouter Joosen
PAriCheck: an efficient pointer arithmetic checker for C programs. AsiaCCS (2010)
R. Sekar
Runtime Analysis and Instrumentation for Securing Software. RV (2010)
Alok Tongaonkar, R. Sekar, Sreenaath Vasudevan
Fast Packet Classification Using Condition Factorization. ACNS (2009)
Lixin Li, James E. Just, R. Sekar
Online Signature Generation for Windows Systems. ACSAC (2009)
R. Sekar
An Efficient Black-box Technique for Defeating Web Application Attacks. NDSS (2009)
Zhenkai Liang, Weiqing Sun, V. N. Venkatakrishnan, R. Sekar
Alcatraz: An Isolated Environment for Experimenting with Untrusted Software. ACM Trans. Inf. Syst. Secur. 12 (3) (2009)
Weiqing Sun, R. Sekar, Gaurav Poothia, Tejas Karandikar
Practical Proactive Integrity Preservation: A Basis for Malware Defense. IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (2008)
Alessio Gaspar, Sarah Langevin, William D. Armitage, R. Sekar, Thomas E. Daniels
The role of virtualization in computing education. SIGCSE (2008)
Lorenzo Cavallaro, R. Sekar
Anomalous Taint Detection. RAID (2008)
Lorenzo Cavallaro, Prateek Saxena, R. Sekar
On the Limits of Information Flow Techniques for Malware Analysis and Containment. DIMVA (2008)
Sandeep Bhatkar, R. Sekar
Data Space Randomization. DIMVA (2008)
Alok Tongaonkar, Sreenaath Vasudevan, R. Sekar
Fast Packet Classification for Snort by Native Compilation of Rules. LISA (2008)
Weiqing Sun, R. Sekar, Zhenkai Liang, V. N. Venkatakrishnan
Expanding Malware Defense by Securing Software Installations. DIMVA (2008)
Weiqing Sun, Varun Katta, Kumar Krishna, R. Sekar
V-NetLab: An Approach for Realizing Logically Isolated Networks for Security Experiments. CSET (2008)
Chetan Parampalli, R. Sekar, Rob Johnson
A practical mimicry attack against powerful system-call monitors. AsiaCCS (2008)
Prateek Saxena, R. Sekar, Varun Puranik
Efficient fine-grained binary instrumentationwith applications to taint-tracking. CGO (2008)
Alok Tongaonkar, Niranjan Inamdar, R. Sekar
Inferring Higher Level Policies from Firewall Rules. LISA (2007)
Wei Xu, Sandeep Bhatkar, R. Sekar
Taint-Enhanced Policy Enforcement: A Practical Approach to Defeat a Wide Range of Attacks. USENIX Security Symposium (2006)
Wei Xu, V. N. Venkatakrishnan, R. Sekar, I. V. Ramakrishnan
A Framework for Building Privacy-Conscious Composite Web Services. ICWS (2006)
Sandeep Bhatkar, Abhishek Chaturvedi, R. Sekar
Dataflow Anomaly Detection. IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (2006)
V. N. Venkatakrishnan, Wei Xu, Daniel C. DuVarney, R. Sekar
Provably Correct Runtime Enforcement of Non-interference Properties. ICICS (2006)
Lixin Li, James E. Just, R. Sekar
Address-Space Randomization for Windows Systems. ACSAC (2006)
Weiqing Sun, Zhenkai Liang, V. N. Venkatakrishnan, R. Sekar
One-Way Isolation: An Effective Approach for Realizing Safe Execution Environments. NDSS (2005)
Zhenkai Liang, R. Sekar, Daniel C. DuVarney
Automatic Synthesis of Filters to Discard Buffer Overflow Attacks: A Step Towards Realizing Self-Healing Systems. USENIX Annual Technical Conference, General Track (2005)
Wei Xu, R. Sekar, I. V. Ramakrishnan, V. N. Venkatakrishnan
An approach for realizing privacy-preserving web-based services. WWW (Special interest tracks and posters) (2005)
Zhenkai Liang, R. Sekar
Automatic Generation of Buffer Overflow Attack Signatures: An Approach Based on Program Behavior Models. ACSAC (2005)
Zhenkai Liang, R. Sekar
Fast and automated generation of attack signatures: a basis for building self-protecting servers. CCS (2005)
Wei Xu, Daniel C. DuVarney, R. Sekar
An efficient and backwards-compatible transformation to ensure memory safety of C programs. SIGSOFT FSE (2004)
Ajay Gupta, R. Sekar
An Approach for Detecting Self-propagating Email Using Anomaly Detection. RAID (2003)
Zhenkai Liang, V. N. Venkatakrishnan, R. Sekar
Isolated Program Execution: An Application Transparent Approach for Executing Untrusted Programs. ACSAC (2003)
Sandeep Bhatkar, Daniel C. DuVarney, R. Sekar
Address Obfuscation: An Efficient Approach to Combat a Broad Range of Memory Error Exploits. USENIX Security Symposium (2003)
R. Sekar, V. N. Venkatakrishnan, Samik Basu, Sandeep Bhatkar, Daniel C. DuVarney
Model-carrying code: a practical approach for safe execution of untrusted applications. SOSP (2003)
V. N. Venkatakrishnan, Ram Peri, R. Sekar
Empowering mobile code using expressive security policies. NSPW (2002)
R. Sekar, Ajay Gupta, J. Frullo, T. Shanbhag, A. Tiwari, H. Yang, S. Zhou
Specification-based anomaly detection: a new approach for detecting network intrusions. CCS (2002)
V. N. Venkatakrishnan, R. Sekar, T. Kamat, S. Tsipa, Zhenkai Liang
An Approach for Secure Software Installation. LISA (2002)
R. Sekar, M. Bendre, D. Dhurjati, P. Bollineni
A Fast Automaton-Based Method for Detecting Anomalous Program Behaviors. IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (2001)
R. Sekar, C. R. Ramakrishnan, I. V. Ramakrishnan, Scott A. Smolka
Model-Carrying Code (MCC): a new paradigm for mobile-code security. NSPW (2001)
Prem Uppuluri, R. Sekar
Experiences with Specification-Based Intrusion Detection. Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection (2001)
K. Jain, R. Sekar
User-Level Infrastructure for System Call Interposition: A Platform for Intrusion Detection and Confinement. NDSS (2000)
R. Sekar, Y. Guang, S. Verma, T. Shanbhag
A High-Performance Network Intrusion Detection System. CCS (1999)
R. Sekar, Prem Uppuluri
Synthesizing Fast Intrusion Prevention/Detection Systems from High-Level Specifications. USENIX Security Symposium (1999)