Computer Systems Security Lab
Security of computer systems, from the microarchitecture to the cloud.
The Computer Systems Security Lab (CSL) at Korea University is led by Prof. Youngjoo Shin and based in the School of Cybersecurity. We investigate how modern systems — from CPUs and GPUs to kernels, containers, and cloud fabrics — leak information or fail under adversarial conditions, and we design practical defenses against those failures.
Microarchitectural Attacks
Side channels and transient execution on CPUs, GPUs, and TEEs (SGX / TDX, Apple Silicon).
System Security
OS kernel defenses, system-call filtering, and secure execution.
Cloud & Container Security
Isolation and denial-of-service resilience in container/Kubernetes stacks.
Network Security
TLS, DNS, and network-function security in real deployments.
Binary Analysis & Fuzzing
Static and dynamic program analysis for vulnerability discovery.
| Jan 15, 2026 | Our paper SysDiver: Lightweight and Fast Static Analysis for Windows Kernel Drivers has been accepted to ASIACCS 2026. |
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| Jan 10, 2026 | Our paper TIMESLICE-SANDWICH: A GPU Side-channel Attack Exploiting Time-Sliced Scheduling has been accepted to USENIX Security Symposium 2026. |
| Sep 15, 2025 | Two papers accepted to ESORICS 2025: T-Time (controlled-channel attack against Intel TDX) and Cache Demote for Fast Eviction Set Construction. |
| Sep 01, 2025 | Our paper MimicCall: Bypassing System Call Filters via Kernel Function Redundancy has been accepted to ACSAC 2025. |
| Dec 10, 2024 | SysBumps (our CCS 2024 paper on breaking KASLR in macOS for Apple Silicon) was selected for presentation at Black Hat Europe 2024. |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Our team won 1st place at the 2024 Cybersecurity Paper Competition. |
| Jun 15, 2024 | Our paper SysBumps: Exploiting Speculative Execution in System Calls for Breaking KASLR in macOS for Apple Silicon has been accepted to ACM CCS 2024. |
We are always looking for motivated students interested in systems security. If you are curious about research, or a prospective graduate applicant, please reach out to Prof. Shin by email.
145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Korea