About me

• I’m a post-doctoral researcher at ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
• My research interests are wireless and cyber-physical security, focusing on fortifying aviation and satellite navigation systems and addressing critical security concerns to enhance safety.

Recent News

• June 14, 2023 - Started as a Post-doctoral Researcher at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• April 13, 2023 - Extended abstract titled “Galileo-SDR-SIM: An Open-Source Tool for Generating Galileo Satellite Signals” accepted @ ION GNSS+ 2023, Denver, CO
• April 11, 2023 - Paper titled “Location-independent GNSS Relay Attacks: A Lazy Attacker’s Guide to Bypassing Navigation Message Authentication” accept @ Wisec 2023
• April 4, 2023 - Defended my doctoral dissertation titled “Towards Secure Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Navigation”
• December 8, 2022 - Presented a paper titled “On Implications of Spoofing and Jamming Aviation Datalink Applications” @ ACSAC 2022, Austin TX, USA
• September 19, 2022 - Proposed doctoral dissertation titled “Towards Secure Autonomous Aerial Vehicle Navigation”
• September 1, 2022 - Paper titled “On Implications of Spoofing and Jamming Aviation Datalink Applications” accepted at ACSAC 2022, Austin TX, USA
• August 12, 2022 - Presented a paper titled “An Experimental Study of GPS Spoofing and Takeover Attacks on UAVs” at USENIX 2022, Boston MA, USA
• July 6, 2022 - Presented my work on GPS spoofing and takeover attacks on UAVs @ armasuisse Cyber-Alp retreat, Sachseln, Switzerland
• May 20, 2022 - Paper titled “An Experimental Study of GPS Spoofing and Takeover Attacks on UAVs” accepted at Usenix Security 2022
• October 20, 2021 - Paper titled “SemperFi: Anti-spoofing GPS Receiver for UAVs” accepted at NDSS 2022
• April 27 2021 - Invited to talk about wireless attacks on ILS at Seventh Meeting of the Navigation Systems Panel Joint Working Groups (JWGs/7) - EuroControl, Virtual Event
• October 24, 2020 - Gave a TEDx talk at TEDxNortheasternU titled “Securing Skies: Propelling Cybersecurity in Aviation”
• August 24, 2020 - Gave two talks, “GPS Spoofing 101” and “A Deeper Dive into ILS and ADS B Spoofing” @ DEFCON Safe Mode Aerospace Village 2020
• July 10, 2020 - Received best poster award “SemperFi: A Spoofer Eliminating Standalone GPS Receiver”, ACM WiSec 2020, Virtual Event
• July 9, 2020 - Presented a poster and a demo at ACM WiSec 2020, Virtual Event
• November 19, 2019 - Invited to demonstrate my work on Aircraft Landing Systems at CYD Campus Aviation Cyber Security Conference - armasuisse, Zurich, Switzerland
• August 14, 2019 - Presented a paper titled “Wireless Attacks on Aircraft Instrument Landing Systems” at USENIX 2019, Santa Clara CA, USA
• August 10, 2019 - Presented my work on Aircraft Landing Systems at Aviation Village @ DEFCON, Las Vegas NV, USA
• June 14, 2019 - Received best poster award “Wireless Attacks on Aircraft Instrument Landing Systems” at NEWSDR 2019, Boston MA, USA
• May 17, 2019 - Received best poster/demo award for “Wireless Attacks on Aircraft Instrument Landing Systems” at ACM WiSec 2019, Miami FL, USA
• May 16, 2019 - Presented a poster and a demo at ACM WiSec 2019, Miami, FL, USA
• April 13, 2019 - Poster and Demo proposal on “Wireless Attacks on Aircraft Instrument Landing System”s accepted at ACM WiSec 2019
• March 22, 2019 - Paper titled “Wireless Attacks on Aircraft Instrument Landing Systems” accepted at Usenix Security 2019
• March 22, 2019 - Presented a poster and a demo at NESD ‘19 - UMass Amherst
• January 07, 2019 - Started as a Teaching Assistant for CS 4710/6710 Wireless and Mobile Systems
• January 07, 2019 - Started as a PhD student at Northeastern University, Boston, USA