Computer Security and Privacy

Sönke Huster, M.Sc.

Biography

I obtained my B.Sc. in computer science at TU Dresden in 2018. Because of my interest in privacy and security topics, I moved to TU Darmstadt, where I received my M.Sc. in computer science in 2022. Afterward, I worked as a security researcher at the Secure Mobile Networking Lab (SEEMOO) at TU Darmstadt and uncovered several severe vulnerabilities in the Linux Bluetooth and Wi-Fi stack, partially affecting Android devices.

I am part of the CSP research group since March 2023.


Research interests

  • Privacy and security in distributed systems
  • Fuzzing


Publications

  • S. Huster, J. Götz, K. David, D. Reinhardt. Privacy Threats in Cooperative Collision Avoidance System Architectures. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 2025. Accepted for publication.
  • S. Huster, M. Hollick and J. Classen. To Boldly Go Where No Fuzzer Has Gone Before: Finding Bugs in Linux’ Wireless Stacks through VirtIO Devices. Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), 2024. [PDF]
  • T. Lackorzynski, G. Garten, J. S. Huster, S. Köpsell and H. Härtig, Enabling and Optimizing MACsec for Industrial Environments. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 17(11), 7599-7606, 2021.


Talks and Interviews

  • Interview: „Es reicht, wenn du dein WLAN anhast“, c't 2/2023, S. 152 [LINK]
  • Talk: No Fuzzer has been there yet: Finding Bugs in Linux Wireless Stacks at Hacking in Parallel 2022, Berlin
  • Podcast: Sicherheitslücken im WLAN-Stack des Linux-Kernels (Sonderausgabe), Risikozone, 2022 [LINK]