Martina Lindorfer

Martina Lindorfer is an Associate Professor in the Security and Privacy Research Unit at TU Wien, leading the Secure Systems Lab (SecLab). She is also a key researcher at SBA Research. Her expertise spans systems security, privacy, mobile app analysis, and malware research. Prior to her current role, she was a Postdoc at UC Santa Barbara under Christopher Kruegel and Giovanni Vigna. Lindorfer holds a PhD from TU Wien (2016) with honors, and has received awards including the ERCIM Cor Baayen Award (2018) and the ACM Early Career Award (2020). She advises students on topics like IoT security and privacy, and contributes to academic service roles like Program Co-Chair for ACSAC and WOOT.

Education: PhD in Computer Science (2016, TU Wien), Master's in Software Engineering (TU Wien), Bachelor's in Computer and Media Security (Hagenberg). Research focuses on mobile and IoT security, privacy protections, and APT analysis. Her team has published impactful work on topics like Android security models, iOS permission systems, and smart TV vulnerabilities.

Awards highlight her contributions to cybersecurity research, including recognition for work on HbbTV privacy (Best Dutch Cyber Security Paper, 2024) and early-career excellence. Lindorfer also engages in outreach, mentoring, and policy discussions around digital humanism and academic cloudification risks.

Labs/Teams: Heads the SecLab at TU Wien, collaborates with SBA Research, and leads projects like the TU Wien Cybersecurity Center (CySec). Active in organizing conferences and mentoring students through initiatives like the Austria Cyber Security Challenge.