I am a founding member of Professor Dave Levin‘s Breakerspace Undergraduate research group (created in Fall of 2018). The goal of Breakerspace is undergraduate research at scale. It gives students experience working on group research projects in the area of computer and network security.
Domain Impersonation
This project wanted to investigate the prevalence and user impact of various types of domain impersonation, with a specific focus on target embedding. This work was done in collaboration with Richard Roberts, Yaelle Goldschlag, and Dave Levin. Our paper, “You Are Who You Appear to Be: A Longitudinal Study of Domain Impersonation in TLS Certificates“, was accepted into ACM Conference on Computer and Communications 2019.
- Conducted Qualtrics survey on user perceptions of domain ownership and security
- Analyzed statistical results to draw conclusions on user misconceptions of domain safety
- Designed future user studies focusing on mental models related to domains and internet safety
Using Power Consumption Measurements to Detect Malware on Internet of Things Devices
This project wanted to investigate if power consumption could be used as an effective indicator of malware on an IoT device. This work was done in collaboration with Kelsey Fulton and Rebecca Gelles.
- Determine ways to compromise and measure the power of various IoT devices
- Onboard new team member with the basics of the project, technologies, and IoT security
- Manage the timeline and progress of the project
Rachel Walter 