Pre-USENIX Security Mini-Conference
位置: Redmond, WA
This is an invite-only event, unless you are a Microsoft employee. You must have received an invitation email from the organizers to register and attend. This is not an official USENIX Security-affiliated event.
The event is over. Thank you for participating!
Date: August 11 – 12, 2025
Time: 9:30 AM – 4:45 PM (Monday) / 5:15 PM (Tuesday)
Location: 14820 NE 36th St, Redmond, WA, 98052
Schedule
Monday August 11
| 09:30 AM – 10:30 AM | Breakfast / Badge pick-up open |
| 10:30 AM – 10:40 AM | Welcome |
| 10:40 AM – 11:10 AM | Understanding How Users Prepare for and React to Smartphone Theft (opens in new tab) Speaker: Divyanshu Bhardwaj (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security) |
| 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM | When LLMs Go Online: The Emerging Threat of Web-Enabled LLMs (opens in new tab) Speaker: Hanna Kim (KAIST) |
| 11:50 AM – 12:20 PM | A Formal Analysis of Apple’s iMessage PQ3 Protocol (opens in new tab) Speaker: Felix Linker (ETH Zürich) |
| 12:20 PM – 02:00 PM | Lunch |
| 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM | Keynote: Carmela Troncoso (MPI-SP and EPFL) Abstract: In this talk we overview our collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross, in which we help them to digitalize their aid distribution process without increasing risks for the aid recipients. We will overview our requirements gathering process, and our solutions, highlighting the particularities of the ICRC needs and threat models which render straightforward solutions inapplicable to their scenarios. |
| 03:00 PM – 03:10 PM | Break |
| 03:10 PM – 03:40 PM | Email Spoofing with SMTP Smuggling: How the Shared Email Infrastructures Magnify this Vulnerability (opens in new tab) Speaker: Gang Wang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) |
| 03:45 PM – 04:15 PM | Characterizing and Detecting Propaganda-Spreading Accounts on Telegram (opens in new tab) Speaker: Rebekah Overdorf (Ruhr University Bochum) |
| 04:15 PM – 04:30 PM | Closing |
Tuesday August 12
Location and commute
The event is organized at Microsoft Building 99 (14820 NE 36th St, Redmond, WA, 98052 (opens in new tab)) on the main Microsoft campus. The campus area is pleasant and totally walkable.
Commuting from the USENIX Security conference hotel is easy by bus 545 (see schedule (opens in new tab)). You will need to take the stop State Route 520 & NE 40th St and walk 10-15 minutes (opens in new tab). Going back, the bus stop is on the other side of the freeway (map here (opens in new tab)). Taking a cab/Lyft/Uber is reasonable as well, although note that these tend to be more expensive in the Seattle area than in many other cities.
Staying on Monday and Tuesday in downtown Redmond is a good alternative. In this case, taking the Link Light Rail (line 2) to the Microsoft campus (Redmond Technology Station stop) is very convenient, followed by a 10-15 minute walk (opens in new tab).
You can also choose to drive yourself to Microsoft Building 99 and park in the adjacent parking garage. There is ample free parking and you can park in any spot, but you will need to tell us upon checking in that you have parked a car, as it will need to be registered with the receptionist. Please be ready to provide basic information about the car (make, model, license plate #).
Organizers
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