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Two weeks ago, I watched 𝘙𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 
—a GitHub live stream by Chris Reddington.
He showed how to turn GitHub contributions into a 3D model with the Skyline extension for the GitHub CLI. Looked cool, so I made mine for 2024… and 3D printed it! 
Oh, and it’s Thursday! Chris is live again at 𝟭𝟬:𝟯𝟬 𝗚𝗠𝗧 → http://gh.io/rubberduckthursdays 
As we welcome 2025, I'd like to take a moment to reflect on what an extraordinary year 2024 has been for Brown CS Secure Systems Lab (https://gitlab.com/brown-ssl/). It has been a year of innovation, creativity, and growth—both for the lab and for me personally as its director. Witnessing the passion, dedication, and brilliance of our team—Neophytos Christou, Alexander Gaidis, Marius Momeu, @dijin, and Vaggelis Atlidakis—has been truly fulfilling and inspiring!
In 2024, we tackled complex challenges and made significant strides in advancing our research on software hardening and OS kernel protection. Here are some highlights from this remarkable year:
Marius Momeu presented #SafeSlab at @acm_ccs #CCS2024. Safeslab hardens the Linux SLUB allocator against exploits that abuse use-after-free (#UaF) vulnerabilities, using #Intel #MPK. (Joint work with Technical University of Munich and @mikepo.)
https://cs.brown.edu/~vpk/papers/safeslab.ccs24.pdf
https://github.com/tum-itsec/safeslab
Neophytos Christou presented #Eclipse at @acm_ccs #CCS2024. Eclipse is a compiler-assisted framework that propagates artificial data dependencies onto sensitive data, preventing the CPU from using attacker-controlled input during speculative execution. https://cs.brown.edu/~vpk/papers/eclipse.ccs24.pdf https://gitlab.com/brown-ssl/eclipse
Di Jin presented #BeeBox at the @usenixassociation Security Symposium 2024. BeeBox hardens #Linux BPF/eBPF against transient execution attacks. #usesec24 https://cs.brown.edu/~vpk/papers/beebox.sec24.pdf https://gitlab.com/brown-ssl/beebox
Yaniv David presented #Quack at the NDSS Symposium 2024. Quack hardens PHP code against deserialization attacks using a novel (static) duck typing-based approach. (Joint work with Andreas D Kellas and Junfeng Yang.) #NDSSsymposium2024 https://cs.brown.edu/~vpk/papers/quack.ndss24.pdf https://github.com/columbia/quack
Marius Momeu presented #ISLAB at @ACM #ASIACCS24. ISLAB hardens SLAB-based (kernel) allocators, against memory errors, via SMAP-assisted isolation. (Joint work with Technical University of Munich and @mikepo.) #asiaccs https://cs.brown.edu/~vpk/papers/islab.asiaccs24.pdf https://github.com/tum-itsec/islab
#EPF (presented by Di Jin at @usenixassociation #ATC 2023) was the runner-up for the "Bug of the Year" award ("Weirdest Machine" category) at IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy LangSec (Language-Theoretic Security) workshop 2024! #atc23 #LangSec
https://langsec.org/spw24/bugs-of-the-year-awards.html https://cs.brown.edu/~vpk/papers/epf.atc23.pdf https://gitlab.com/brown-ssl/epf
I am honored and delighted to have received the "Distinguished Reviewer Award" at @acm_ccs #CCS2024!
Alexander Gaidis has been awarded the "Distinguished Artifact Reviewer" award at the @usenixassociation Security Symposium 2024!
https://cs.brown.edu/news/2024/09/20/brown-cs-phd-student-alexander-j-gaidis-has-been-named-a-usenix-security-2024-distinguished-artifact-reviewer/
#usesec24 #proudadvisor
I had the great pleasure of discussing some of these works recently at the Computer Systems Seminar at Boston University!
GitLabBrown Secure Systems Lab · GitLabhttps://brown-ssl.slack.com
Well USA, you had a good run (*depending on criteria), but it's all down hill now. Try not to take the rest of the world with you.
#doom #quack #AlternativeFacts #incompetence #medical
Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of Covid lockdowns, to lead National Institutes of Health https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-nominates-jay-bhattacharya-nih-critic-covid-lockdowns-rcna181988?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
NBC News · Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of Covid lockdowns, to lead National Institutes of Health
#duck #quack #photography #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #profile #pose #duckwalk
Halls Gap, Victoria, Australia
This is an extra duck to help anyone who wants distracting today. #DuckOfTheDay #Quack
Self-retaining dilators for self-retaining people
#vintageAd #medical #quack
Start the month as you mean to go on: with #FourDuckFriday at 4am.
Adjusted workout, due to heat (when the sweat pours down even before you star.t..)
Warmup:
* 10 Downward Dog to Cobra
* 10 Inchworms
3 rounds
* 30" Good Morning to Squats
* 30" Wall Taps
* 30" Duck Walks (#quack!)
* 30" Rest
* 10 Slow Air Squats
* 10 Med Ball Squats
* 10 Wall Balls
* 10 Deadlifts
4 rounds of 5 reps deadlifts, to build up weight on the bar
(RX / Intermediate / Beginner)
First minute:
* 2 Wall Walks / 2 Wall Walks / 2 Inchworms + push-ups
* 4 Deadlifts (93/125) (70/102) (30/43)
* Max Wall Balls (14/20) (10/14) (6/10)
Second minute
* Rest
Scaled it to
* 2 Scaled Wall Walks + 2 Push-Ups
* 4 Deadlifts at 70kg
* 8 / 10 / 8 / 12 / 10 / 8 / 11 / 9 / 10 / 11 Wall Balls with an 11lbs medball
VOTE DUCK! #quack
Oh wow the geeks are back! There’s only a few though. Must tell Jeff. #quack
Great weather for #ducks today at #Hamvention in Xenia, Ohio #quack #HamRadio
Drew an astronaut. On the moon. With a flag.
Somethingsomething major tom #quack
Was talking about them, so I drew an octopus.
I don't think they make a sound...
I went to the local nursery this morning because I ran out of the planting soil in the middle of a planting session! Of course one would never walk out of a nursery with just a bag of soil. I got some organic fertilizer, a plant and a little packet of duck food that they were giving away. Look at this cute drawing… artists rock. Totally.
#MastoArt #birb #quack
