Fabian

Fabian Monrose

I am the Julian T. Hightower Chair Professor in Cybersecurity within the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. I also hold a courtesy appointment in the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy. My research interests include all aspects of computer and network security.


Academic Positions

2022–now
Julian T. Hightower Chair, College of Engineering and School of Cyber Security and Privacy, Georgia Tech
2017–2022
Kenan Distinguished Professor, Department of Computer Science, UNC Chapel Hill
2012–2017
Professor, Department of Computer Science, UNC Chapel Hill
2008–2012
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, UNC Chapel Hill
2007–2008
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University
2002–2007
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University

Education

1996–1999
New York University, New York, NY
Ph.D. in Computer Science
Distributed Computing and Systems Lab
Advisor: Zvi M. Kedem and Aviel D. Rubin
1993–1996
New York University, New York, NY
M.Sc. in Computer Science
Distributed Computing and Systems Lab
Advisor: Zvi M. Kedem
1989–1993
Barry University, Miami, FL
B.Sc. Computer Science

Recent Publications

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BRAID: Uncovering Malware Family Relationships in Data-Scarce Settings
Kevin Valakuzhy, Miuyin Yong Wong, Omar Alrawi, Manos Antonakakis, Angelos D. Keromytis and Fabian Monrose
European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS), 2026 (to appear).

HeartBreaker: Practical Attacks for Recovering Cryptographic Keys Derived from Biosignals
Evangelos Froudakis and Fabian Monrose
European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS), 2026 (to appear).

The Impact of Emerging AI Practices on the Cybersecurity Workforce
Miuyin Yong Wong, Alan F. Luo, Yunze Zhao, Shubham Bhatnagar, Fabian Monrose and Michelle Mazurek
USENIX Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS), 2026 (to appear).

Beyond the Stars: Multimodal Detection of Scams on GitHub
Tillson Galloway, Kevin Valakuzhy, Manos Antonakakis and Fabian Monrose
USENIX Security Symposium, 2026 (to appear).

SoK: Multi-layer Indirect Call Analysis in the Real World
Yufei Du, Vasileios P. Kemerlis, Michalis Polychronakis and Fabian Monrose
USENIX WOOT Conference on Offensive Technologies, 2026 (to appear).

LUMEN: A Systems Approach to LLM-Guided Activation of Hidden Behaviors in Malware
Kevin Valakuzhy, Miuyin Yong Wong, Doug Blough, Mustaque Ahamad and Fabian Monrose
International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), 2026.

The Cost of Silence: Quantifying the Prejudice of Non-Participation in Domain Name Disputes
Vinny Adjibi, Kathryn Kleiman, Michael D. Bailey and Fabian Monrose
International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law (ICAIL), 2026.

Mind Your [M]s, Cross Your [T]s: A Large-scale Phonemic Analysis of Speech Production in Modern Speech Generators
Boo Fullwood and Fabian Monrose
IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2026.

Actively Understanding the Dynamics and Risks of the Threat Intelligence Ecosystem
Tillson Galloway, Allen Chang, Omar Alrawi, Thanos Avgetidis, Manos Antonakakis and Fabian Monrose
Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium, 2026.

Repairing Trust in Domain Name Disputes Practices: Insights from a Quarter-Century’s Worth of Squabbles
Boladji Vinny Adjibi, Athanasios Avgeditis, Manos Antonakakis, Alberto Dainotti, Michael Bailey and Fabian Monrose
Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium, 2026.

From Concealment to Exposure: Understanding the Lifecycle and Infrastructure of APT Domains
Athanasios Avgetidis, Aaron Faulkenberry, Boladji Vinny Adjibi, Tillson Galloway, Panagiotis Kintis, Omar Alwari, Zane Ma,Fabian Monrose, Angelos D. Keromytis, Roberto Perdisci and Manos Antonakakis
International Symposium on Research in Attacks, Intrusions and Defenses (RAID), 2025.

Seeing is Believing: Interpreting Behavioral Changes in Audio Deepfake Detectors Arising from Data Augmentation
Boo Fullwood and Fabian Monrose
In 18th ACM Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Security, 2025.

The Guardians of Name Street: Studying the Defensive Registrations of the Fortune 500
Boladji Vinny Adjibi, Athanasios Avgeditis, Manos Antonakakis, Michael Bailey and Fabian Monrose
Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium, 2025.

Understanding LLMs Ability to Aid Malware Analysts in Bypassing Evasion Techniques
Miuyin Yong, Kevin Valakuzhy, Mustaque Ahamad, Douglas M. Blough and Fabian Monrose
Companion Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI), 2024.

Comparing Malware Evasion Theory with Practice: Results from Interviews with Expert Analysts
Miuyin Yong, Matthew Landen, Frank Li, Fabian Monrose and Mustaque Ahamad
USENIX Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS), 2024.

Honors and Awards

2021
CSSA Graduate Teaching Award
UNC Computer Science Department
2015
Undergraduate Students Teaching Award
UNC Computer Science Department
2013
Best Student Paper Award
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
2012
Outstanding Research in Privacy Enhancing Technologies
Privacy Enhancing Technologies
2011
ATT Best Applied Security Paper Award
NYU-Poly CSAW
2011
Best Paper Award
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
2006
CAREER Award
National Science Foundation
1999
Best Overall and Best Student Paper Awards
USENIX Security Symposium

Recent Courses

2021
Introduction to Computer Security, UNC Chapel Hill
2021
Computer and Network Forensics, UNC Chapel Hill
2020
Technical Communications and Writing in CS, UNC Chapel Hill
2017
Computer Forensics, UNC Chapel Hill
2014
Network Security, UNC Chapel Hill

Recent Advising (GT and UNC)

2024–now
Lydia Han, PhD
2023–now
Boo Fullwood, PhD
2023–now
2022–now
2022–now
Kevin Valakuzhy, PhD
2020–now
Yufei Du, PhD
2018–2024
Kedrian James, PhD
2018–2023
Mac Malone, PhD
2019–2021
John Lim, Masters
2020–2022
Kevin Lane, Masters
2010–2014
Srinivas Krishnan, PhD, (Abd)
2015–2017
Micah Moreton, Masters
2015–2017
Roman Rogowski, Masters
2012–2016
2016–2012
Yi Xu, PhD
2010–2015
2014–2015
Rob Dallara, Masters
2009–2014
Kevin Z. Snow, PhD

Recent Doctoral Committees

2023–2025
Aaron Faulkenberry, GaTech, GA
2023–2025
Athanasios Avgetidis, GaTech, GA
2022–2024
Miuyin M. Wong, GaTech, GA
2023–2024
Kevin Hutto, GaTech, GA
2019–2021
Omar Alwari, GaTech, GA
2019–2021
Salman Ahmed, Virginia Tech, VA
2018–2021
Tapti Palit, Stony Brook University, NY
2019–2021
Calvin Deutschbein, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2016–2018
Adrian Tang, Columbia University, NY
2014–2017
Chaz Lever, GaTech, GA
2016–2018
Louis Soleyn, University of the West Indies, Barbados
2016–2017
Tracy John, University of the West Indies, Barbados