Andrea Mengascini
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Andrea Mengascini
@crtlaltandrea.bsky.social
PhD Student @CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
Web 🌐 & Metaverse 🥽 Security
Last Friday, I attended the Google PhD Summit in Warsaw, enjoyed good talks and great people, and appreciated both the office and the beautiful city.
September 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Presented our paper “Exploring the Design Space for Security Warnings in Immersive Environments” at #EuroSP2025 in Venice! 🇮🇹🔐
Grateful for the insightful discussion. Huge thanks to my co-authors and @cispa.de for the support!
#Security #VR #AR
July 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It was great reconnecting with researchers and old colleagues at #ITASEC 25!

I had the chance to present our paper "The Big Brother's New Playground" (mengascini.dev/pre-prints/c...) and have great discussions.

Huge thanks to Marco Prandini for co-organizing such a fantastic conference!
February 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Big thanks to Dr. Felix Koltermann for the opportunity to talk about my research and the fantastic article! It beautifully explains our work on metaverse security. 🚀🔒
cispa.de/en/mengascin...
Study reveals vulnerability of metaverse platforms to cyber attacks
Having access to virtual worlds from your home computer via your web browser and being able to interact with others in a secure and private manner: that is the promise of metaverse platforms. CISPA re...
cispa.de
December 13, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Had a fantastic time presenting our paper, "The Big Brother's New Playground" at ACM CCS 2024! Thanks for the incredible opportunity and support
November 21, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Thrilled to have presented "The Big Brother's New Playground" at #CCS24! We explored privacy in web metaverses, showing how attackers can read/write client memory to execute attacks. Thanks to my co-author Ryan Aurelio and my supervisor @gianko.bsky.social for the incredible support
November 21, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Had the privilege of presenting the incredible work by Aleksei Stafeev "SoK: State of the Krawlers" today at USENIX. Hope I did it justice!
November 21, 2024 at 4:53 PM