The Rise and Fall of Google'S Privacy Sandbox

On October 17th, 2025, Google announced the retirement of most Privacy Sandbox APIs, concluding nearly five years of experimentation with its alternative to privacy-invasive data collection on the Web. Designed to balance privacy with advertising functionality and cross-site tracking, the...

Inside Crypter-As-A-Service: An Ecosystem Analysis of the Exploit.In Underground Forum Research Talks

Crypter-as-a-Service CraaS has become a key enabling layer of the contemporary malware economy by providing on-demand evasion capabilities through underground service markets. In this paper, we present a longitudinal characterization of the CraaS ecosystem on exploit.in, a major Russian-language...

Topical Shifts in the Dark Web: A Longitudinal Analysis of Content from the Cybercrime Ecosystem

The dark web hosts a dynamic ecosystem of cybercrime forums and marketplaces that adapt to law enforcement pressure, technological change, and economic incentives. Prior research has extracted cyber threat intelligence from these platforms using static snapshots, with limited attention to how...

Understanding Student Experiences with TLS Client Authentication

Mutual TLS mTLS provides strong, certificate-based authentication for both clients and servers, yet its adoption for user-facing websites remains rare. This paper presents a longitudinal study of mTLS usability, tracking 46 senior and graduate computer science students who configured client...

CVE-2026-39985

LORIS (Longitudinal Online Research and Imaging System) has an open redirect flaw in the login redirect parameter that could cause users to visit arbitrary URLs. Root cause: the redirect value was not validated to be within LORIS prior to versions 27.0.3 and 28.0.1. Impact: potential user redirec...

CVE-2026-39985

LORIS Longitudinal Online Research and Imaging System is a self-hosted web application that provides data- and project-management for neuroimaging research. Prior to 27.0.3 and 28.0.1, the redirect parameter upon login to LORIS was not validating the value of the redirect as being within LORIS,...

CVE-2026-35446 LORIS has a path traversal in FilesDownloadHandler

LORIS Longitudinal Online Research and Imaging System is a self-hosted web application that provides data- and project-management for neuroimaging research. From 24.0.0 to before 27.0.3 and 28.0.1, an incorrect order of operations in the FilesDownloadHandler could result in an attacker escaping t...

CVE-2026-35446 LORIS has a path traversal in FilesDownloadHandler

LORIS Longitudinal Online Research and Imaging System is a self-hosted web application that provides data- and project-management for neuroimaging research. From 24.0.0 to before 27.0.3 and 28.0.1, an incorrect order of operations in the FilesDownloadHandler could result in an attacker escaping t...

EUVD-2026-20578

LORIS Longitudinal Online Research and Imaging System is a self-hosted web application that provides data- and project-management for neuroimaging research. From 15.10 to before 27.0.3 and 28.0.1, there is a potential for a cross-site scripting attack in the surveyaccounts module if a user provid...

EUVD-2026-20576

LORIS Longitudinal Online Research and Imaging System is a self-hosted web application that provides data- and project-management for neuroimaging research. From 20.0.0 to before 27.0.3 and 28.0.1, an endpoint in the publication module was incorrectly trusting the baseURL submitted by a user's PO...

EUVD-2026-20552

LORIS Longitudinal Online Research and Imaging System is a self-hosted web application that provides data- and project-management for neuroimaging research. Prior to 27.0.3 and 28.0.1, a SQL injection has been identified in some code sections for the MRI feedback popup window of the imaging...

CVE-2026-1096

The Best-wp-google-map plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'latitude' and 'longitudinal' parameters of the 'googlemapview' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible f...

CVE-2026-1096: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

The Best-wp-google-map plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'latitude' and 'longitudinal' parameters of the 'googlemapview' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible f...

A Longitudinal Measurement Study of Log4Shell Exploitation from an Active Network Telescope

The disclosure of the Log4Shell vulnerability in December 2021 led to an unprecedented wave of global scanning and exploitation activity. A recent study provided important initial insights, but was largely limited in duration and geography, focusing primarily on European and U.S. network telescop...

A Decade-Long Landscape of Advanced Persistent Threats: Longitudinal Analysis and Global Trends

An advanced persistent threat APT refers to a covert, long-term cyberattack, typically conducted by state-sponsored actors, targeting critical sectors and often remaining undetected for long periods. In response, collective intelligence from around the globe collaborates to identify and trace...

Virtual Reality, Real Problems: a Longitudinal Security Analysis of VR Firmware

Virtual Reality VR technology is rapidly growing in recent years. VR devices such as Meta Quest 3 utilize numerous sensors to collect users' data to provide an immersive experience. Due to the extensive data collection and the immersive nature, the security of VR devices is paramount. Leading VR...

Quantum Circuit Benchmarking on IBM Brisbane: Performance Insights from Superconducting Qubit Models

This paper investigates quantum communication using superconducting qubits, emphasizing the simulation and control of quantum systems via IBM Brisbane quantum processor. We focus on implementing fundamental quantum gates and analyzing the evolution of entangled states, which are essential for...

Are Crypto Ecosystems (De)Centralizing? A Framework for Longitudinal Analysis

Blockchain technology relies on decentralization to resist faults and attacks while operating without trusted intermediaries. Although industry experts have touted decentralization as central to their promise and disruptive potential, it is still unclear whether the crypto ecosystems built around...