Yikun Hu

Yikun Hu

Assistant Research Fellow

Lab of Cryptology and Computer Security

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Biography

HU Yikun (胡易坤, Shanghai Overseas High-Level Talent) is an Assitant Research Fellow at the School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Before that, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at HKUST. His research interests focus on (AI-assisted) Program Analysis and its application to Software Security. He is a member of the Lab of Cryptology and Computer Security (LoCCS), directed by Prof. Dawu Gu. If you would like to join our lab as a postgraduate or intern, feel free to send an e-mail for more information.

Contact

  • yikunh at sjtu.edu.cn

  • Rm 5207, Software Bldg

Interests
  • Binary Program Analysis
  • Software Security
  • Software Engineering
Education

  • PhD in Computer Science

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  • BSc in Computer Science

    South China University of Technology

News

[长期] 欢迎对程序分析和人工智能赋能的软件安全有兴趣的老师与同学与我交流联系。

[长期] 欢迎有志于从事相关领域研究和工作或者想在 LoCCS 实习的同学与我联系。

[Feb. 18] Our paper on Binary Cryptographic Function Identification will appear at OOPSLA'25.

Publications

Yikun Hu, Yituo He, Wenyu He, Haoran Li, Yubo Zhao, Shuai Wang, Dawu Gu (2025). Binary Cryptographic Function Identification via Similarity Analysis with Path-Insensitive Emulation. Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages, OOPSLA1.

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Kaiyan He, Yikun Hu, Xuehui Li, Yunhao Song, Yubo Zhao, Dawu Gu (2024). StrTune: Data Dependence-based Code Slicing for Binary Similarity Detection with Fine-tuned Representation. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS).

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Anshunkang Zhou, Yikun Hu, Xiangzhe Xu, Charles Zhang (2024). ARCTURUS: Full Coverage Binary Similarity Analysis with Reachability-guided Emulation. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM).

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Ziyi Zhou, Xuangan Xiao, Tianxiao Hou, Yikun Hu, Dawu Gu (2024). On the (In)Security of Manufacturer-Provided Remote Attestation Frameworks in Android. Computer Security – ESORICS 2023.

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Yakang Li, Yikun Hu, Yizhuo Wang, Yituo He, Haining Lu, Dawu Gu (2023). RGDroid: Detecting Android Malware with Graph Convolutional Networks against Structural Attacks. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER).

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Teaching

Principles of Compilation (NIS2336)
Cooperating with Dr. ZHANG Aixin
Spring'25, Spring'24, Spring'23, Fall'22
Principles of Compilation (NIS2336)
Software System Security (NIS3369)
Cooperating with Dr. ZHANG Yueguo and Dr. GUI Jiaping
Fall'24, Fall'23
Software System Security (NIS3369)