SUNWOO LEE

A brief biography about me is as follows:

Academic Backgrounds

1. • Ph.D. in Information Security, School of Cybersecurity, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Sep. 2015 ~ Feb. 2022)
     - Dissertation Title: Secure IoT System Design based on Challenge-response Structure at PHY-level
     - Academic Advisor: Professor Dong Hoon Lee

   • B.S. in Mathematics, College of Natural Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Mar. 2011 ~ Feb. 2015)

Position Held

1. • Assistant Professor, Department of Cyber Security, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Mar. 2026 ~ )

   • Assistant Professor, Department of Information Security, Seoul Women's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Mar. 2024 ~ Feb. 2026)

   • Staff Engineer, Security & Privacy Lab, Samsung Research in Seoul, Republic of Korea (Oct. 2022 ~ Feb. 2024)

   • Research Professor, School of Cybersecurity, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Mar. 2022 ~ Sep. 2022)

Research Interests

1. • Data-driven Security

   • IoT Security

   • Sensor Security

   • Device/User Authentication

   • Usable Security

   • Side-channel Attack

Representative Publications

 Journal 

2025

• • Young-joo Park and Sunwoo Lee (2025), "A Survey on Deep Learning-Based Image Approaches for Malicious Network Traffic Detection," The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, 50(10). [Scopus, KCI]

  • Yena So, and Sunwoo Lee (2025). "Self-Destructing Messenger Based on PII Detection." The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, 50(10). [Scopus, KCI]

  • Nahyun Kim, Hanseul Jung*, Minyoung Choi*, Jeongmin Bak, Sunwoo Lee. "Charging Into Your Privacy: Indirect Privacy Leakage Attack Using a Laptop Charger." IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (IEEE TDSC), Accepted, 2025. [SCIE (Q1), IF 7.5, JCR Top 5.1% in Computer Science, Software Engineering]

  • Minyoung Choi, Ahyoung Cho, and Sunwoo Lee (2025). "Real-Time Network Attack Detection and APP Implementation for Wi-Fi Based IP Cameras Using Machine Learning." The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, 50(8), 1279-1289. [Scopus, KCI]

  • Sunwoo Lee. "Gyro-Mag: Attack-Resilient System Based on Sensor Estimation." Sensors 25.7 (2025): 2208. [SCIE (Q2), IF 3.4]

  • Sunwoo Lee. "Real Steps or Not: Auto-Walker Detection in Move-to-Earn Applications." Sensors 25.4 (2025): 1002. [SCIE (Q2), IF 3.4]

2023

• • Sunwoo Lee, Wonsuk Choi, and Dong Hoon Lee. "The vibration knows who you are! A further analysis on usable authentication for smartwatch users." Computers & Security 125 (2023): 103040. [SCIE (Q1), IF 4.8, JCR Top 17.7% in Computer Science, Information Systems]

2022

• • Sunwoo Lee, and Dong Hoon Lee. "From Attack to Identification: MEMS Sensor Fingerprinting Using Acoustic Signals." IEEE Internet of Things Journal (2022): 5447-5460. [SCIE (Q1), IF 10.6, JCR Top 1.79% in Computer Science, Information Systems]

Earlier Publications (Before 2020)

• • Sunwoo Lee, Wonsuk Choi, and Dong Hoon Lee. "Securing ultrasonic sensors against signal injection attacks based on a mathematical model." IEEE Access 7 (2019): 107716-107729. [SCIE (Q1), IF 3.745]

 Conference 

2025

• • Sunwoo Lee, and Wonsuk Choi. "Eyes on Your Typing: Snooping Finger Motions on Virtual Keyboards". Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P (Oakland) 2025) (acceptance rate: 14.8% = 257/1740)

2021

• • Sunwoo Lee, Wonsuk Choi, and Dong Hoon Lee. "Usable user authentication on a smartwatch using vibration." Proceedings of the 2021 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ACM CCS 2021)

Earlier Publications (Before 2020)

• • Sunwoo Lee, Wonsuk Choi, and Dong Hoon Lee. "Ulrera!: Securing ultrasonic sensor based on Signal Relation and Randomness." {Poster Session} 26th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security 2017)

Patents

• • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SIGNAL INJECTION ATTACK USING RELATION BETWEEN GYROSCOPE AND MAGNETOMETER (Granted Patent Number(KR): 10-2790021, 2025)

  • METHOD FOR DETECTING ATTACK USING ROAD TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN V2X ENVIRONMENT (Granted Patent Number(KR): 10-2602602, 2023)

  • CONGESTION ATTACK DETECTION SYSTEM IN AUTONOMOUS COOPERATIVE DRIVING ENVIRONMENT USING RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH MEASUREMENT  (Granted Patent Number(KR): 10-2510380, 2023)

  • METHOD OF DETECTING ATTACK ON SENSOR (Granted Patent Number(KR): 10-2491867, 2023)

  • TECHNIQUE FOR AUTOMOTIVE SOFTWARE UPDATE BY USING WHITE-BOX CRYPTOGRAPHY (Granted Patent Number(KR): 10-2491866, 2023)

  • CONGESTION ATTACK DETECTION SYSTEM IN AUTONOMOUS COOPERATIVE DRIVING ENVIRONMENT USING RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH MEASUREMENT (Granted Patent Number(KR): 10-2404211, 2022)

  • User Authentication using Vibration Signals on Wearable Devices (Granted Patent Number(KR): 10-2393483, 2022)

  • User Authentication using Vibration Signals on Wearable Devices (PCT Application Number: PCT/KR2021/004911, 2021)

  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A SIGNAL INJECTION ATTACK ON AN ULTRASONIC SENSOR (Granted Patent Number(KR): 10-1992832, 2019)

  • METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A MESSAGE IN A VEHICLE NETWORK SYSTEM, (Granted Patent Number(KR): 10-1705639, 2017)

Courses

1. • Seoul Women's University

     • Introduction to Computer and Information Security

     • Data Structure

     • Computer Algorithm

     • Privacy Protection Technologies

   • Ewha Womans University

     • Risk Management and IDS (undergraduate course)

     • IDS  (graduate course)

Last Update: January 20, 2026