Aakanksha Saha

Aakanksha Saha is a PreDoc Researcher at the Department of Security and Privacy, Faculty of Informatics, Technical University of Vienna. Her research focuses on cybersecurity, with emphasis on malicious document analysis, advanced persistent threat (APT) attribution, and source code security. She contributes to projects like IoTIO (2020–2025), exploring security challenges in interconnected systems.

Education:

• Bachelor of Science
• Master of Science

Research Interests:

Saha investigates methods to systematically detect and analyze malicious documents, automate APT campaign attribution using heterogeneous data sources, and reduce false positives in secret detection within source code. Her work integrates machine learning and software engineering principles to address real-world cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

Publications: Focus on cutting-edge topics like APT analysis, secret exposure in repositories, and automated threat detection systems. Recent work emphasizes practical solutions for enterprise security challenges.

Awards/Grants: No awards explicitly listed, but contributes to ongoing IoTIO project (2020–2025).

Teams/Labs: Engaged with TU Wien’s Security and Privacy research group, collaborating on projects involving malware analysis and defensive strategies.