Towards More Secure Smartphones
Who am I?
My name is Farnood Faghihi
I am a security researcher, and I am interested in exploring different ways to make computer systems more secure.
I did my doctorate in Computer Science, focusing on smartphone malware detection at Queen's University (Canada).
If you would like to know about me, you can ask me for my CV.
Education
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Ph.D. Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Computing
Queen's University (Canada)
2018 - 2022
M.Sc. Degree
Secure Computing (Information Security)
Tarbiat Modares University
2015 - 2018
B.Sc. Degree
Software Engineering
Islamic Azad University of Najafabad (IAUN)
2010 - 2015
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistance (Graduate Courses)
CISC 447/866 Introduction to Cybersecurity (Queen's University)
Secure Software Development (Tarbiat Modares University)
Advanced Network Security (Tarbiat Modares University)
Fall 2019 & 2020
2016
2016
Work Experience
Security Researcher
Security Compass
2022 - Present
IT Manager
HayatGostar Industrial Co.
Summer 2017
Publications​
RansomCare: Data-centric Detection and Mitigation against Smartphone Crypto-Ransomware
Computer Networks, vol. 191, p. 108011, 2021.
CamoDroid: An Android Application Analysis Environment Resilient Against Sandbox Evasion
Journal of Systems Architecture. Accepted: 28 Feb 2022
AIM: An Android Interpretable Malware Detector based on Application Class Modeling
Digital Threats: Research and Practice. Submitted: 15 Nov 2021
Unmasking of Maskware: Detection and Prevention of Next-Gen Mobile Crypto-Ransomware
IEEE Systems Journal. Submitted: 27 Feb 2022
SMSBotHunter: A Novel Anomaly Detection Technique to Detect SMS Botnets
2018 15th International ISC (Iranian Society of Cryptology) Conference on Information Security and Cryptology (ISCISC)