PhD Candidate in Computer Science at Indiana University Bloomington
I am a last-year PhD student at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington. I'm advised by Prof. XiaoFeng Wang and Prof. Haixu Tang. I also work closely with Prof. Xiaojing Liao, Prof. Yuhong Nan and Prof. Yuan Tian.
My research mainly focuses on system security, especially cybercrime and AI security.
Besides academic research, I’m also interested in fishing , snowboarding and cooking.
AI Security: [CCS'25], [CCS'22]
Cyber Threat Intelligence: [CCS'24-4], [IEEE S&P'22-1]
Mobile Security: [NDSS'22], [IEEE S&P'19], [CCS'17]
5G Security: [USENIX Security'2023], [USENIX Security'2022]
Email: mzha [at] iu.edu
Address: Luddy Hall 3051Q 700 N Woodlawn Avenue Bloomington, IN, 47408
Sept 2025: I will serve as a member of the Program Committee for ACM CCS'26, welcome to submit your papers!
July 2025: I will serve as a member of the Artifact Evaluation Committee for IEEE S&P'26, welcome to submit your artifact!
July 2025: I will serve as a member of the Program Committee for USENIX Security'26, welcome to submit your papers!
July 2025: I will serve as a member of the Artifact Evaluation Committee for NDSS'26, welcome to submit your artifact!
May 2025: I will serve as a member of the Artifact Evaluation Committee for ACM CCS'25, welcome to submit your artifact!
Oct 2024: Honored to be awarded a student conference grant to attend ACM CCS‘24. Thanks ACM CCS!
Mar 2022: Zoom acknowledged our reported vulnerability on Zoom and also gives us a bounty.
Jul 2021: Slack awarded us $1,000 for discovering vulnerabilities in Slack.
Jul 2021: Rocket.Chat acknowledged our reported vulnerability on Rocket.Chat.
May 2021: Cliq acknowledged our reported vulnerability and also gives us a bounty.