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Malware Analysis & Detection

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Static, dynamic, and hybrid analysis of malicious binaries, with a focus on Android and IoT malware.

Threat Intelligence & APTs

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Organisation-specific threat intelligence, deception, and attribution of state-sponsored campaigns.

AI for Security

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Machine learning and language models applied to security problems, and the security of those models in turn.

Cyber Forensics

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Evidence acquisition and reconstruction across mobile and cloud systems, in a form that stands up to scrutiny.

Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Offensive security against web, cloud and enterprise systems, and building the engineering practice that closes what it finds.

Mobile & Platform Security

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Security of the platform itself — firmware, secure boot, mobile and embedded systems, and the wireless protocols they depend on.

Web Application Security & Exploitation Techniques

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A short term program on Web Application Security.

Join Us

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

We are looking for motivated students who want to work on real cybersecurity problems — threat intelligence, malware analysis, cyber forensics, and AI for security. You will work with live data, publish, and build tools that get used.

Ayush, Devanarayan, Krishna, and Jayesh have joined DRISHTE as M.Tech Research Assistant students. Welcome to the group!

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Ishnoor, Mainak, Milind, Gnaneshwar, and Pranjal have graduated from the M.Tech program. Congratulations to them, and best wishes for their future endeavors!

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Ashwani, Kartekeyaan, Nimesh, Sagar, and Saurav have joined DRISHTE as M.Tech Teaching Assistant students. Welcome to the group!

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Priya and Harmain have joined DRISHTE as M.Tech Research Assistant students. Welcome to the group!

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Satyasheel joins DRISHTE as the group’s first Ph.D. student.

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Saurabh Kumar appointed as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of IIT Hyderabad.

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Saurabh Kumar appointed as the First Faculty-in-Charge of CSOC at IIT Hyderabad

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Saurabh Kumar has been appointed as the inaugural Faculty-in-Charge (FiC) of the newly established Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC) at IIT Hyderabad.

IoT - FedMalDetect: Federated Learning Based Malware Detection for IoT Edge Devices

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:58:33 +0530

GLAMP: Generative Learning for Adversarially-Robust Malware Prediction

Thu, 19 Jun 2025 10:58:33 +0530

Invited Talk on "State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks Monitoring and Engaging Skilled Threat Actor"

Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Developing tailored intelligence, deception, and monitoring mechanisms to detect, track, and attribute sophisticated APT threats.

Invited talk on Developing User-Centric Security Mechanisms by Incorporating Entity Behavioral Traits

Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Exploring behavior-aware, user-centric security for speaker verification, malware detection, and audio deepfake detection.

Ishnoor, Mainak, Milind, Gnaneshwar, and Pranjal have joined DRISHTE as M.Tech Teaching Assistant students. Welcome to the group!

Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Faculty Updation Program (FUP) on Wireless Security under ISEA Phase III

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

A five-day faculty updation program on wireless security, malware analysis, and critical infrastructure protection, under ISEA Phase III.

Reinforcement-Learning Based Covert Social Influence Operations

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:58:33 +0530

SCRUBD: Smart Contracts Reentrancy and Unhandled Exceptions Vulnerability Dataset

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:58:33 +0530

Contact

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Dr. Saurabh Kumar
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Kandi, Sangareddy 502284, Telangana, India

Email: saurabhkr@cse.iith.ac.in