Daniel Gruß
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. BScSecure Systems, Professor
Daniel Gruss is a professor in Information Security at the Graz University of Technology, Institute of Information Security.
He finished his PhD with distinction in less than 3 years. He has been involved in teaching operating system undergraduate courses since 2010. Daniel's research focuses on software-based attacks and defenses on microarchitectural layers in hardware and software. He implemented the first remote fault
attack running in a website, known as Rowhammer.js. He frequently
speaks at top international venues, such as Black Hat, Usenix
Security, IEEE S&P, ACM CCS, Chaos Communication Congress, and others. His research
team was one of the teams that found the Meltdown and Spectre bugs
published in early 2018 and designed the software patch (KAISER) against Meltdown which is now integrated in every operating system.
Teaching
I teach undergraduate classes: And graduate classes:Service
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- Technical Program Committee: AsiaCCS'21, SEC'21, WOOT'20, CARDIS'20, SEC'20, TCHES'20, WOOT'19, SEC'19, CARDS'19, BlueHat IL'19, CCS'18, WOOT '18, WOOT'19, SPACE'18, WoSSCA'18, Kangacrypt'18
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- Reviewer: AJSE, PLOS ONE, IET Information Security
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- External Reviewer: PoPETS'18, DIMVA'17, EUROCRYPT'17, CHES'16, CT-RSA'16, DATE'16, CT-RSA'15, DATE'15, Indocrypt'15
Publications
Memory Band-Aid: A Principled Rowhammer Defense-in-Depth
Fiedler C., Juffinger J., Neela S., Heckel M., Weissteiner H., Yağlıkçı ., Adamsky F., Gruß D.
NDSS 2026
Zero-Click SnailLoad: From Minimal to No User Interaction
Gast S., Puntigam N., Franza S., Neela S., Gruß D., Ullrich J.
Computer Security – ESORICS 2025
Epistemology of Rowhammer Attacks: Threats to Rowhammer Research Validity
Heckel M., Weissteiner H., Adamsky F., Gruß D.
ESORICS 2025
Systematic Analysis of Kernel Security Performance and Energy Costs
Rauscher F., Herzog B., Hönig T., Gruß D.
ACM ASIA CCS 2025
When Good Kernel Defenses Go Bad: Reliable and Stable Kernel Exploits via Defense-Amplified TLB Side-Channel Leaks
Maar L., Giner L., Gruß D., Mangard S.
Proceedings of the 34rd USENIX Security Symposium