Ziya Genç

I’m the CEO of Cortex Security, Luxembourg, developing cutting-edge technologies to protect computer systems from ransomware attacks.

Previously, I was a Research Associate at the IRiSC group at the University of Luxembourg. My research interests have been centered around defense against cryptographic ransomware.

I obtained my PhD in Computer Science at the University of Luxembourg, where I was advised by Gabriele Lenzini. My work to detect and prevent ransomware was generously supported by the FNR (2018/20).

news

Oct 3, 2021	I will give a lecture titled Malware, Ransomware and Other Cyberthreats at Scuola Normale Sant’Anna (Pisa, Italy), at November 17, 2021.
Jun 17, 2021	Our paper Practical Exchange for Unique Digital Goods was accepted at IEEE DAPPS 2021.
Oct 14, 2020	Successfully defended my thesis Analysis, Detection, and Prevention of Cryptographic Ransomware. PhD is now officially completed!

selected publications

DTRAP

Cut-and-Mouse and Ghost Control: Exploiting Antivirus Software with Synthesized Inputs

Genç, Ziya Alper, Lenzini, Gabriele, and Sgandurra, Daniele

Digital Threats: Research and Practice Feb 2021

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  author = {Genç, Ziya Alper and Lenzini, Gabriele and Sgandurra, Daniele},
  title = {Cut-and-Mouse and Ghost Control: Exploiting Antivirus Software with Synthesized Inputs},
  year = {2021},
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
  volume = {2},
  number = {1},
  issn = {2692-1626},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3431286},
  doi = {10.1145/3431286},
  journal = {Digital Threats: Research and Practice},
  month = feb,
  articleno = {4},
  numpages = {23},
  abbr = {DTRAP},
  bibtex_show = {true},
  html = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3431286},
  pdf = {gls2021dtrap.pdf},
  selected = {true}
}

DIMVA

On Deception-Based Protection Against Cryptographic Ransomware

Genç, Ziya Alper, Lenzini, Gabriele, and Sgandurra, Daniele

In Proceedings of the Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment 2019

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@inproceedings{gls2019dimva,
  author = {Genç, Ziya Alper and Lenzini, Gabriele and Sgandurra, Daniele},
  title = {On Deception-Based Protection Against Cryptographic Ransomware},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment},
  series = {DIMVA~2019},
  address = {Cham},
  publisher = {Springer},
  year = {2019},
  abbr = {DIMVA},
  bibtex_show = {true},
  code = {https://github.com/ziyagenc/decoy-updater},
  html = {https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-22038-9_11},
  pdf = {gls2019dimva.pdf},
  selected = {true}
}