2026

OSS-CRS: Liberating AIxCC Cyber Reasoning Systems for Real-World Open-Source Security

Andrew Chin, Dongkwan Kim, Yu-Fu Fu, Fabian Fleischer, Youngjoon Kim, HyungSeok Han, Cen Zhang, Brian Junekyu Lee, Hanqing Zhao, Taesoo Kim

arXiv, Mar 2026

AI

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SoK: DARPA's AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC): Competition Design, Architectures, and Lessons Learned

Cen Zhang, Younggi Park, Fabian Fleischer, Yu-Fu Fu, Jiho Kim, Dongkwan Kim, Youngjoon Kim, Qingxiao Xu, Andrew Chin, Ze Sheng, Hanqing Zhao, Brian J. Lee, Joshua Wang, Michael Pelican, David J. Musliner, Jeff Huang, Jon Silliman, Mikel Mcdaniel, Jefferson Casavant, Isaac Goldthwaite, Nicholas Vidovich, Matthew Lehman, Taesoo Kim

arXiv, Feb 2026

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2025

ATLANTIS: AI-driven Threat Localization, Analysis, and Triage Intelligence System

Taesoo Kim, HyungSeok Han, Soyeon Park, Dae R. Jeong, Dohyeok Kim, Dongkwan Kim, Eunsoo Kim, Jiho Kim, Joshua Wang, Kangsu Kim, Sangwoo Ji, Woosun Song, Hanqing Zhao, Andrew Chin, Gyejin Lee, Kevin Stevens, Mansour Alharthi, Yizhuo Zhai, Cen Zhang, Joonun Jang, Yeongjin Jang, Ammar Askar, Dongju Kim, Fabian Fleischer, Jeongin Cho, Junsik Kim, Kyungjoon Ko, Insu Yun, Sangdon Park, Dowoo Baik, Haein Lee, Hyeon Heo, Minjae Gwon, Minjae Lee, Minwoo Baek, Seunggi Min, Wonyoung Kim, Yonghwi Jin, Younggi Park, Yunjae Choi, Jinho Jung, Gwanhyun Lee, Junyoung Jang, Kyuheon Kim, Yeonghyeon Cha, Youngjoon Kim

arXiv, Sep 2025

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2023

BaseComp: A Comparative Analysis for Integrity Protection in Cellular Baseband Software

Eunsoo Kim*, Min Woo Baek*, CheolJun Park, Dongkwan Kim, Yongdae Kim, Insu Yun

USENIX Security 2023

Mobile & Cellular Firmware & Binary

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Un-Rocking Drones: Foundations of Acoustic Injection Attacks and Recovery Thereof

Jinseob Jeong, Dongkwan Kim, Joonha Jang, Juhwan Noh, Changhun Song, and Yongdae Kim

NDSS 2023

Cyber-Physical & Sensor

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Paralyzing Drones via EMI Signal Injection on Sensory Communication Channels

Joonha Jang*, ManGi Cho*, Jaehoon Kim, Dongkwan Kim, and Yongdae Kim

NDSS 2023

Cyber-Physical & Sensor

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2022

Watching the Watchers: Practical Video Identification Attack in LTE Networks

Sangwook Bae, Mincheol Son, Dongkwan Kim, CheolJun Park, Jiho Lee, Sooel Son, and Yongdae Kim

USENIX Security 2022

Mobile & Cellular

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Revisiting Binary Code Similarity Analysis using Interpretable Feature Engineering and Lessons Learned

Dongkwan Kim, Eunsoo Kim, Sang Kil Cha, Sooel Son, and Yongdae Kim

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE)

Firmware & Binary AI

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Improving Large-Scale Vulnerability Analysis of IoT Devices with Heuristics and Binary Code Similarity

Dongkwan Kim

Ph.D. Thesis

Firmware & Binary AI

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2021

Enabling the Large-Scale Emulation of Internet of Things Firmware With Heuristic Workarounds

Dongkwan Kim, Eunsoo Kim, Mingeun Kim, Yeongjin Jang, and Yongdae Kim

IEEE Security & Privacy

Firmware & Binary

IEEE

BaseSpec: Comparative Analysis of Baseband Software and Cellular Specifications for L3 Protocols

Dongkwan Kim*, Eunsoo Kim*, CheolJun Park, Insu Yun, and Yongdae Kim

NDSS 2021

Mobile & Cellular Firmware & Binary

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2020

FirmAE: Towards Large-Scale Emulation of IoT Firmware for Dynamic Analysis

Mingeun Kim, Dongkwan Kim, Eunsoo Kim, Suryeon Kim, Yeongjin Jang, and Yongdae Kim

ACSAC 2020

Firmware & Binary

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2019

Who Spent My EOS? On the (In)Security of Resource Management of EOS.IO

Sangsup Lee, Daejun Kim, Dongkwan Kim, Sooel Son, and Yongdae Kim

USENIX WOOT 2019

Other

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2018

Peeking over the Cellular Walled Gardens - A Method for Closed Network Diagnosis

Byeongdo Hong, Shinjo Park, Hongil Kim, Dongkwan Kim, Hyunwook Hong, Hyunwoo Choi, Jean-Pierre Seifert, Sung-Ju Lee, and Yongdae Kim

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC)

Mobile & Cellular

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2017

When Cellular Networks Met IPv6: Security Problems of Middleboxes in IPv6 Cellular Networks

Hyunwook Hong, Hyunwoo Choi, Dongkwan Kim, Hongil Kim, Byeongdo Hong, Jiseong Noh, and Yongdae Kim

IEEE EuroS&P 2017

Mobile & Cellular

IEEE

2016

Pay As You Want: Bypassing Charging System in Operational Cellular Networks

Hyunwook Hong, Hongil Kim, Byeongdo Hong, Dongkwan Kim, Hyunwoo Choi, Eunkyu Lee and Yongdae Kim

WISA 2016

Mobile & Cellular

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Dissecting VoLTE: Exploiting Free Data Channels and Security Problems

Dongkwan Kim

M.S. Thesis

Mobile & Cellular

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2015

Breaking and Fixing VoLTE: Exploiting Hidden Data Channels and Mis-implementations

Dongkwan Kim*, Hongil Kim*, Minhee Kwon, Hyungseok Han, Yeongjin Jang, Dongsu Han, Taesoo Kim, and Yongdae Kim

ACM CCS 2015

Mobile & Cellular

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BurnFit: Analyzing and Exploiting Wearable Devices Best Paper

Dongkwan Kim, Suwan Park, Kibum Choi, Yongdae Kim

WISA 2015

Cyber-Physical & Sensor Firmware & Binary

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Rocking Drones with Intentional Sound Noise on Gyroscopic Sensors

Yunmok Son, Hocheol Shin, Dongkwan Kim, Youngseok Park, Juhwan Noh, Kibum Choi, Jungwoo Choi, and Yongdae Kim

USENIX Security 2015

Cyber-Physical & Sensor

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2014

Analyzing Security of Korean USIM-based PKI Certificate Service

Shinjo Park, Suwan Park, Insu Yun, Dongkwan Kim, Yongdae Kim

WISA 2014

Mobile & Cellular

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2013

High-speed automatic segmentation of intravascular stent struts in optical coherence tomography images

Myounghee Han, Dongkwan Kim, Wang-Yuhl Oh, and Sukyoung Ryu

Proceedings of SPIE Biomedical Optics, Photonics West 2013 (BiOS 2013)

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