Publications

Felix Mächtle, Jan-Niclas Serr, Nils Loose, Thomas Eisenbarth. "Beyond Accuracy: Characterizing Code Comprehension Capabilities in (Large) Language Models". Accepted for publication at the Seventh International Workshop on Deep Learning for Testing and Testing for Deep Learning (DeepTest 2026) at ICSE 2026. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2026.

Nils Loose, Nico Winkel, Kristoffer Hempel, Felix Mächtle, Julian Hans, Thomas Eisenbarth. "Coverage-Guided Multi-Agent Harness Generation for Java Library Fuzzing". Accepted for publication at The 19th International Workshop on Search-Based and Fuzz Testing at ICSE 2026. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2026.

Joana Pecholt, Maximilian Peisl, Michael Weiß. "CoCoRADE: Introducing Replay Protection for Data-at-Rest of Confidential Virtual Machines". Accepted for publication at 21st ACM ASIA Conference on Computer and Communications Security. Bangalore, India. 2026.

Matthias Vallentin, Anum Talpur, Liliana Kistenmacher, Mathias Fischer. "From Logs to Language: Making OCSF the Open API for Security Data with Tenzir". Cybersecurity: Prävention, Detektion und Reaktion mit Open Source-Perspektiven. Potsdam, Germany. 2025.

Anum Talpur, Jannik Schröder, Liliana Kistenmacher, Wolfram Wingerath, Georg Becker, Mathias Fischer. "Tagging Alerts to Adversaries: ML-Enabled Classification Using MITRE ATT&CK Framework". IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security. Avignon, France. 2025.

Liliana Kistenmacher, Anum Talpur, Mathias Fischer. "Real-Time Detection of Multi-Stage Attacks using Kill Chain State Machines". IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security. Avignon, France. 2025.

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Jeetesh Gupta, Jan Pfeifer, Anum Talpur, Mathias Fischer. "C2 Beaconing Detection via AI-based Time-Series Analysis". 20th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security. Ghent, Belgium. 2025.

Liliana Kistenmacher, Anum Talpur, Mathias Fischer. "QUIC-Aware Load Balancing: Attacks and Mitigations". 55th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks. Naples, Italy. 2025.

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Felix Mächtle, Jan-Niclas Serr, Nils Loose, Jonas Sander, and Thomas Eisenbarth. "OCEAN: Open-World Contrastive Authorship Identification". Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS). Munich, Germany. 2025.

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Georg Becker, Thomas Eisenbarth, Hannes Federrath, Mathias Fischer, Nils Loose, Simon Ott, Joana Pecholt, Stephan Marwedel, Dominik Meyer, Jan Stijohann, Anum Talpur, Matthias Vallentin. "SOVEREIGN - Towards a Holistic Approach to Critical Infrastructure Protection". International Workshop on Physical and Cyber Security in Interdependent Critical Infrastructures (PCSCI). Vienna, Austria. 2024.