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The Cycle 2 deadline for the USENIX WOOT Conference is in ~ 3 weeks (March 3, 2026)!
WOOT continues to include both a Systematization of Knowledge (SoK) track and an Up-and-Coming track (industry-focused).
Details are available in the Call for Papers:
www.usenix.org/conference/w...
Only 4 days to the WOOT 2026 Cycle 1 submission deadline!
Check the CFP for details:
www.usenix.org/conference/w...
USENIX WOOT Conference 2026: two submission deadlines this year!
- Cycle 1: December 12, 2025 *only one month away* !
- Cycle 2: March 3, 2026
WOOT still has a SoK track and an "Up-and-coming track" (~Industry), CFP for details:
www.usenix.org/conference/w...
WOOT 2025 closing Keynote
"Escaping Cantor's Find-Fix Cycle"
by Falcon Darkstar Momot from Dartmouth College and Aiven.io
Last papers session "Exploit All the Things" (Chair: Cristine Hoepers)
- Soufian El Yadmani: SecurePoCβdetecting malicious GitHub exploits
- Andrea Mambretti: SoK on kernel vuln discovery & auto exploit generation
- Junho Lee: BOOTKITTYβstealth bootkit-rootkit for modern OSes
WOOT 2025 late morning session: Application Security (Chair: Yves Younan)
- Gabriel Karl Gegenhuber: Prekey PogoβWhatsApp handshake weaknesses
- Manuel Karl: Formula injection in real-world spreadsheets
- Jannik Hartung: PHP foot-gun case study (Best paper award !)
WOOT 2025 day 2 starts with another Physical Attacks session (Chair: A. Zonenberg):
- Valentin Huber: Deep dive into FRAM fault injection effects
- Boyapally Harishma: Side-channel reality check on ARM Cortex-A72
- Wooyeon Jo: PLC memory exploitation in industrial systems
WOOT 2025 last session today Network Security :
- Mehrdad Hajizadeh: DeepRed: AI-driven red teaming vs ML-NIDS
- Shujie Zhao: Stealth BGP hijacks under uRPF
- Anqi Chen: FUZZVPN: Hunting OpenVPN vulns
WOOT 2025 1st session of the afternoon, "Hacking at a Distance" with:
- Tommaso Sacchetti on large scale Bluetooth Security Testing
- Chengsong Diao: Vulnerabilities in Master Lock Smart Locks
- Seyyed Ali Ayati Acoustic Side-Channel on keyboards
WOOT 2025 schedule, all papers are now online open access:
usenix.org/conference/w...
Talks are recorded, and should be online in a few weeks.
First session, on hardware security:
Two talks on attacking the @raspberrypi.com RP2350 by @nsinusr.bsky.social and Andrew D. Zonenberg.
One talk on exploiting software using hardware fault injections by Zhenyuan Liu
This year artefact evaluation was mandatory! Thanks, Marcel Busch for chairing the artifact reviews!
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Co-chairs openning remarks.
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WOOT 2025 Conference starting in Seattle.
The program prepared by @noopwafel.bsky.social and @naehrdine.bsky.social includes sessions on hardware security, wireless attacks, network security.
And tomorrow physical attacks, application security.
And Keynote by Falcon Darkstar Momot
Discounted early bird registration for WOOT '25 is still open until Monday - www.usenix.org/conference/w... - join us in Seattle on Aug 11/12 (right before USENIX Security) for talks and discussions on great cutting-edge offensive security research. Full program at www.usenix.org/conference/w...
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Planning to attend WOOT this year? (Seattle on Aug 11/12!) Bring demos or posters of your latest or upcoming offensive security work, or give a lightning talk! Submissions are open and very lightweight (just a couple of sentences will do) - details at www.usenix.org/conference/w...
06.07.2025 21:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Zonenberg et al. extract its one-time programmable memory through passive voltage contrast π¬ using a focused ion beam β‘: www.usenix.org/conference/w...
19.06.2025 12:48 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Two winners of the RP2350 Hacking Challenge will present their results at WOOT!
Muench et al. break its secure boot guarantees through voltage, electromagnetic, and laser fault injection π₯ techniques: www.usenix.org/conference/w...
The WOOT 2025 conference lineup is live! π
www.usenix.org/conference/w...
Want to go to WOOT and learn about the latest hardware & software attacks? Registrations are now open!
If you can't afford traveling βοΈ to Seattle on your own and need financial support for a ticket, apply for a grant until July 7: www.usenix.org/conference/w...
Reviewer 2 just rejected your latest offensive security paper? Or didn't submit it anywhere yet? There's still more than a day left to (re)submit to USENIX WOOT '25 and get reviews from a community who will appreciate all those clever hacks, weird bugs πΎ and fun exploits! woot25.usenix.hotcrp.com
10.03.2025 21:40 β π 8 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0Reviewer 2 just rejected your latest offensive security paper? Or didn't submit it anywhere yet? There's still more than a day left to (re)submit to USENIX WOOT '25 and get reviews from a community who will appreciate all those clever hacks, weird bugs πΎ and fun exploits! woot25.usenix.hotcrp.com
10.03.2025 21:40 β π 8 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0Have some hackademic research you'd love to see published as a paper? Submit it to WOOT π
Looking forward to your submissions!
Deadline approaching soon, get your submissions ready!
09.03.2025 15:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Only a week and a half left for USENIX WOOT '25 conference submissions - deadline March 11 AoE. Weβre looking forward to seeing even more of your amazing offensive security papers this year! And still a few days for up-and-coming track (March 4). CfP at www.usenix.org/conference/w...
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USENIX WOOT '25 submissions are due March 11. One month to go - still plenty of time to write a paper about your latest fun offensive security research! Or if you want more guidance to get a paper into shape, up-and-coming track deadline is March 4. CfP at www.usenix.org/conference/w...
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