Awardsby GlyphUSENIX Security Distinguished Paper Award winners by year
USENIX · Paper award · usually Aug · next expected Aug 2027
Winners
An Integer Overflow Endgame: Compiler and Architecture Support for Default-On Integer Overflow MitigationZheng Zhang, Qi Ling, Kian Kasad et al.2026Source ↗
Bridges to Self: Silent Web-to-App Tracking on Mobile via LocalhostTim Vlummens, Aniketh Girish, Nipuna Weerasekara et al.2026Source ↗
Download More RAM: Dismantling Windows Operating System Defences with Mischievous MemorySam Collins, Tom Chothia, William Burgess et al.2026Source ↗
Information Security in Small-Scale Protests: Surveillance of Ugandan Anti-EACOP ProtestersNtezi Mbabazi, Rikke Bjerg Jensen2026Source ↗
LPG: Raise Your Location Privacy Game in Direct-to-Cell LEO Satellite NetworksQuan Shi, Liying Wang, Prosanta Gope et al.2026Source ↗
Opossum Attack: Application Layer Desynchronization using Opportunistic TLSRobert Merget, Nurullah Erinola, Marcel Maehren et al.2026Source ↗
Security and Privacy Considerations for Confirming Payments in Rwandan Mobile Money SystemsOluwole A. Adewusi, Assane Gueye, Wallace S. Msagusa et al.2026Source ↗
Sliding into the Flight Deck's DMs: Practical Message Attacks on CPDLCMehdi Ziazi, Khalid Aleem, Harshad Sathaye et al.2026Source ↗
The State of Passkeys: Studying the Adoption and Security of Passkeys on the WebLouis Jannett, Andreas Mayer, Maximilian Westers et al.2026Source ↗
About this award
Distinguished paper awards of the USENIX Security Symposium, recognizing the strongest papers of the year in computer security and privacy.
The next date is an estimate from the months past editions were announced (Aug); it changes when USENIX announces one.
9 papers named in the 2026 edition.
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