About Me
I am an Assistant Professor in the Michton School of Computer Science at Brandeis University. My research focuses on the security and privacy of the web ecosystem, including browser fingerprinting, privacy-invasive attacks, and large-scale empirical analysis. My work explores real-world threats in deployed systems and develops defenses that are both practical and effective. Currently I am focusing in advanced tracking techniques that evade existing protections and the misuse of security policies in modern browsers.
I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Chicago, where I was advised by Prof. Jason Polakis. Before that, I obtained both my B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Crete, while working as a research associate at ICS-FORTH.
If you are interested, please email your CV along with a brief description of your research background and interests. For additional details, see the Brandeis Computer Science Ph.D. program.
Selected Publications
Vault Raider: Stealthy UI-based Attacks Against Password Managers in Desktop Environments
A. Infantino, M. Ali, K. Solomos, J. Polakis
Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), 2026
Lost in Translation: Exploring the Risks of Web-to-Cross-platform Application Migration
C. Paloscia, K. Solomos, M. Ali, J. Polakis
Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS), 2025
Harnessing Multiplicity: Granular Browser Extension Fingerprinting through User Configurations
K. Solomos, N. Nikiforakis, J. Polakis
Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC), 2024
Escaping the Confines of Time: Continuous Browser Extension Fingerprinting through Ephemeral Modifications
K. Solomos, P. Ilia, N. Nikiforakis, J. Polakis
ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2022
The Dangers of Human Touch: Fingerprinting Browser Extensions through User Actions
K. Solomos, P. Ilia, S. Karami, N. Nikiforakis, J. Polakis
USENIX Security Symposium (USEC), 2022
Tales of Favicons and Caches: Persistent Tracking in Modern Browsers
K. Solomos, J. Kristoff, C. Kanich, J. Polakis
Network and Distributed Systems Security (NDSS), 2021
News coverage: Vice, Ars Technica
Carnus: Exploring the Privacy Threats of Browser Extension Fingerprinting.
S. Karami, P. Ilia,K. Solomos, J. Polakis
Network and Distributed Systems Security (NDSS), 2020