SecAppDev 2024 Faculty
Mathy Vanhoef
Professor, KU Leuven
Mathy Vanhoef is an Assistant Professor at KU Leuven University in Belgium. He’s interested in network and software security, where he studies the security of the full network stack, with a focus on Wi-Fi security and applied cryptography. In this area, he tries to bridge the gap between real-world code and theory. He previously discovered the KRACK attack against WPA2 and the Dragonblood attack against WPA3. He also collaborated with the industry to design and standardize two new Wi-Fi defenses. One of these defenses, called beacon protection, will become mandatory in Wi-Fi 7.
When network protocols meet new threat models
Introductory lecture by Mathy Vanhoef in room West Wing
Wednesday June 5th, 09:00 - 10:30
This presentation will argue that several past (wireless) protocol attacks were found by creatively thinking about threat models.
Key takeaway: Attacks only get better: either by finding new flaws or by introducing new threat models.