Bots, Crawlers, and Spiders: Understanding How Automated Web Clients Find and Attack their Victims

BIO

Nick Nikiforakis ​(PhD'13) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Stony Brook University. He leads the PragSec Lab, where his students conduct research in cyber security, with a focus on web security, web privacy, DNS security, attack-surface reduction, and deception-based security. He is the author of more than 80 peer-reviewed academic publications and his work is often discussed in the popular press. He is the recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER award (2020), the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (2020), as well as a range of other security-related and privacy-related awards by federal funding agencies.