Efrén López-Morales
Office: Science Hall 144
1290 Frenger Mall
Las Cruces, NM 88003
I am an Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the Computer Science department at New Mexico State University.
My research area is computer security focused on Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) security, Industrial Control Systems (ICS) security, satellite security, cyber deception, game theory and binary analysis.
My work has appeared in top-tier security venues including the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), the USENIX Security Symposium and the Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium.
For a comprehensive view of my research and accomplishments please refer to my publications page and CV.
My research area is computer security focused on Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) security, Industrial Control Systems (ICS) security, satellite security, cyber deception, game theory and binary analysis.
My work has appeared in top-tier security venues including the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), the USENIX Security Symposium and the Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium.
For a comprehensive view of my research and accomplishments please refer to my publications page and CV.
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| Feb 23, 2026 |  I presented my paper Orbital Escalation: Modeling Satellite Ransomware Attacks Using Game Theory [Paper] at the SpaceSec Workshop co-located with the Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium in San Diego, CA. |
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| Feb 1, 2026 | I am serving on the Program Committee of ACM CCS 2026. |
| Dec 1, 2025 |  Our paper HoneySat: A Network-based Satellite Honeypot Framework [Preprint] has been accepted to the 2026 Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium! |