publications

publications by categories in reversed chronological order. generated by jekyll-scholar.

2026

  1. NDSS
    HoneySat: A Network-based Satellite Honeypot Framework
    Efrén López-Morales, Ulysse Planta, Gabriele Marra, Carlos González, Jacob Hopkins, Majid Garoosi, Elias Obreque, Carlos Rubio-Medrano, and Ali Abbasi
    In Proceedings of the Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), 2026
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  2. NDSS
    Discovering Blind-Trust Vulnerabilities in PLC Binaries via State Machine Recovery
    Fangzhou Dong, Arvind S Raj, Efrén López-Morales, Siyu Liu, Yan Shoshitaishvili, Tiffany Bao, Adam Doupé, Muslum Ozgur Ozmen, and Ruoyu Wang
    In Proceedings of the Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), 2026
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  3. SpaceSec
    Orbital Escalation: Modeling Satellite Ransomware Attacks Using Game Theory
    Efrén López-Morales
    In Proceedings of the Workshop on the Security of Space and Satellite Systems (SpaceSec), 2026
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  4. IEEE S&P
    Posters
    Mapping the Evidence: A Taxonomy for Satellite Digital Forensics
    Owen Ramsey, and Efrén López-Morales
    In Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P) (Posters), 2026
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  5. IEEE RISC
    Stargate: Security Analysis and Mission-Aware Firewall for the CubeSat Space Protocol
    Owen Ramsey, Carlos Gonzalez-Cortes, and Efrén López-Morales
    In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Resilience and Integrated Security for Space and Critical Systems (RISC), 2026
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  6. IEEE RISC
    Posters
    Poster: Design of a Digital Forensics Framework for Spacecraft Flight Software
    Logan Flowers, and Efrén López-Morales
    In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Resilience and Integrated Security for Space and Critical Systems (RISC), 2026
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2025

  1. PhD Thesis
    CTI-for-CPS: Securing Cyber-Physical Systems via Advanced Cyber Threat Intelligence Methods
    Efrén López-Morales
    Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 2025
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2024

  1. USENIX Security
    SoK: Security of Programmable Logic Controllers
    Efrén López-Morales, Ulysse Planta, Carlos Rubio-Medrano, Ali Abbasi, and Alvaro Cardenas
    In Proceedings of the 33rd USENIX Security Symposium, 2024
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  2. USENIX Security
    The Imitation Game: Exploring Brand Impersonation Attacks on Social Media Platforms
    Bhupendra Acharya, Dario Lazzaro, Efrén López-Morales, Adam Oest, Muhammad Saad, Antonio Emanuele Cinà, Lea Schönherr, and Thorsten Holz
    In Proceedings of the 33rd USENIX Security Symposium, 2024
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  3. CPSIoTSec
    Workshop
    ICSNet: A Hybrid-Interaction Honeynet for Industrial Control Systems
    Luis Salazar, Efrén López-Morales, Juan Lozano, Carlos Rubio-Medrano, and Alvaro Cardenas
    In Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on CPS&IoT Security and Privacy (co-located with CCS), 2024
    :trophy: Best Paper Award
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  4. RICSS Workshop
    By the Numbers: Towards Standard Evaluation Metrics for Programmable Logic Controllers’ Defenses
    Efrén López-Morales, Jacob Hopkins, Alvaro Cardenas, Ali Abbasi, and Carlos Rubio-Medrano
    In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Re-design Industrial Control Systems with Security (RICSS) (co-located with CCS), 2024
    :trophy: Best Presentation Award
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  5. CCS Doctoral
    Symposium
    Securing Cyber-Physical Systems via Advanced Cyber Threat Intelligence Methods
    Efrén López-Morales
    In Proceedings of the 1st Doctoral Symposium (co-located with CCS), 2024
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2023

  1. Springer
    Book Chapter
    HoneyPLC: A Next-Generation Honeypot for Industrial Control Systems
    Efrén López-Morales, Carlos Rubio-Medrano, Adam Doupé, Ruoyu Wang, Yan Shoshitaishvili, Tiffany Bao, and Gail-Joon Ahn
    Cyber Deception: Techniques, Strategies, and Human Aspects, 2023
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2020

  1. ACM CCS
    HoneyPLC: A Next-Generation Honeypot for Industrial Control Systems
    Efrén López-Morales, Carlos Rubio-Medrano, Adam Doupé, Yan Shoshitaishvili, Ruoyu Wang, Tiffany Bao, and Gail-Joon Ahn
    In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security, 2020
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  2. MS Thesis
    HoneyPLC: A Next-Generation Honeypot for Industrial Control Systems
    Efrén López-Morales, Adam Doupé, Carlos Rubio-Medrano, and Gail-Joon Ahn
    Arizona State University, 2020
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