Jakob Bleier

Jakob Bleier is a PreDoc Researcher at the Institute of Security and Privacy, part of the Faculty of Informatics at Technische Universität Wien. His work focuses on mobile and IoT security, with an emphasis on Android and iOS application analysis, malware lifecycle assessment, and reverse engineering techniques. He contributes to projects such as IoTIO (2020–2025) and W4MP (2023–2027), addressing challenges in software attribution and cross-platform security.

Research Interests:

• Mobile application security (Android/iOS)
• Static and dynamic malware analysis
• Binary code analysis and disassembly
• IoT security and exploit lifespan quantification
• Software attribution and provenance tracking

His publications highlight advancements in cross-platform app comparison, Android disassembly evaluation, and IoT malware lifecycle studies. He has supervised diploma theses on topics like framework identification in Android apps and PII leakage analysis in IoT companion apps.

Current Projects:

• IoTIO: Investigating IoT security and privacy challenges
• W4MP: Exploring mobile security methodologies
• SPFBT: Security in pervasive and future networks