Lukas Giner

Dipl.-Ing. BSc

Secure Systems, PhD Candidate

Lukas Giner is a PhD candidate in the CoreSec group of Daniel Gruss.
His research focuses mainly on microarchitectural security.
He finished his master's degree in 2020 on the topic of cache covert channels, as published in the paper "Hello from the other side".
 
Looking for a bachelor’s thesis, master’s thesis, or projects in microarchitectural attacks and defenses? Let us know, we’re always happy to discuss open topics!
Lukas Giner

Publications

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, 34th USENIX Security Symposium, (Proceedings of the 34rd USENIX Security Symposium)

Cohere+Reload: Re-enabling High-Resolution Cache Attacks on AMD SEV-SNP

Giner L., Neela S., Gruß D.
DIMVA, 22nd International Conference on Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assess, DIMVA 2025

Generic and Automated Drive-by GPU Cache Attacks from the Browser

Giner L., Czerny R., Gruber C., Rauscher F., Kogler A., De Almeida Braga D., Gruß D.
ACM AsiaCCS, 19th ACM ASIA Conference on Computer and Communications Security, 128-140, (ACM AsiaCCS 2024 - Proceedings of the 19th ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security)

Collide+Power: Leaking Inaccessible Data with Software-based Power Side Channels

Kogler A., Juffinger J., Giner L., Gerlach L., Schwarzl M., Schwarz M., Gruß D., Mangard S.
32nd USENIX Security Symposium, USENIX Security 2023, 32nd USENIX Security Symposium, 7285-7302

Scatter and Split Securely: Defeating Cache Contention and Occupancy Attacks

Giner L., Steinegger S., Purnal A., Eichlseder M., Unterluggauer T., Mangard S., Gruß D.
IEEE S&P, 44th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, 2273-2287

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