• Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Dr. Marcus Botacin

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Computer Science, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil, 2021
  • M.S., Computer Science, University of Campinas, Brazil, 2017
  • B.S., Computer Engineering, University of Campinas, Brazil, 2015

Research Interests

    • Malware
    • Antivirus
    • Reverse engineering
    • Forensics
    • Hardware-assisted security

Awards & Honors

  • Honorable Mention - Top-3 Best Ph.D. Thesis in Computer Security, Brazilian Computer Society (SBC), 2022
  • Best Ph.D. Thesis of the Informatics Department - Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), 2022
  • Honorable Mention - Top-3 Best Papers - Main Track - Brazilian Security Symposium, SBC, 2019
  • Best Master Dissertation in Computer Security, Brazilian Computer Society (SBC), 2018
  • Best Master Dissertation of the Institute of Computing, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 2018
  • Travel Grant (Student/Diversity, USENIX Enigma Conference (USENIX), 2019

Selected Publications

  • Marcus Botacin, Hojjat Aghakhani, Stefano Ortolani, Christopher Kruegel, Giovanni Vigna, Daniela Oliveira, Paulo Lício De Geus, André Grégio. "One Size Does Not Fit All: A Longitudinal Analysis of Brazilian Financial Malware", ACM Transactions On Privacy and Security (TOPS), 2021.
  • Marcus Botacin, Fabricio Ceschin, Ruimin Sun. Daniela Oliveira, André Grégio. "Challenges and Pitfalls in Malware Research", Elsevier Computers & Security, 2021.
  • Marcus Botacin, Anatoli Kalysch, André Grégio. "The Internet Banking [in]Security Spiral: Past, Present, and Future of Online Banking Protection Mechanisms Based on a Brazilian Case Study", ACM International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES), 2019.
  • Marcus Botacin, Paulo Lício De Geus, André Grégio. "Enhancing Branch Monitoring for Security Purposes: From Control Flow Integrity to Malware Analysis and Debugging", ACM Transactions On Privacy and Security (TOPS), 2018.
  • Marcus Botacin, Paulo Lício De Geus, André Grégio. "Who Watches the Watchmen: A Security-focused Review on Current State-of-the-art Techniques, Tools, and Methods for Systems and Binary Analysis on Modern Platforms", ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2018.