I am interested in evaluating the security of embedded systems and IoT devices. Mainly I investigated car ECUs, smart home and smart grid devices. Some areas I looked into are: DAB/FM signals, 2G/3G mobile communications, WiFi Co-processor fuzzing, binary analysis and protocol reverse engineering.
Currently I am focused on cryptography topics, such as the performance, security and efficient software implementation of lightweight ciphers on embedded systems and key management in critical IoT networks.
In my free time, I play Tennis at DJK Neumarkt and also manage the Tennis branch of the Club. Moreover, I (try to) play Golf and old Blues/Rock stuff on guitar.
Before entering university, I completed an apprenticeship as IT-specialist ("Fachinformatiker"). I received a BSc in Automotive Computer Science from THI. During my bachelor studies I was enrolled in BMW's SpeedUp program, which allowed me to spent lots of time at BMW's IT security (research) department as an intern. I also lived in Guadalajara (Mexico), where I studied at Technologico de Monterrey for a winter term. I received a MSc from OTH Regensburg in Technical Computer Science and Embedded Systems Security. Since November 2018 I am a PhD student at the Laboratory for Safe and Secure Systems (LaS³) of OTHR.
Weiss, Nils; Renner, Sebastian; Mottok, Jürgen; Matousek Vaclav: Automated Threat Evaluation of Automotive Diagnostic Protocols. 8th Embedded Security in Cars Conference (ESCAR USA), 2021 (virtual)
Weiss, Nils; Renner, Sebastian; Mottok, Jürgen; Matousek Vaclav: Transport Layer Scanning for Attack Surface Detection in Vehicular Networks. 4th ACM Computer Science in Cars Symposium (CSCS), 2020 (Feldkirchen, Germany)
Renner, Sebastian; Pozzobon, Enrico; Mottok, Jürgen: A Hardware in the Loop Benchmark Suite to Evaluate NIST LWC Ciphers on Microcontrollers. 22nd International Conference on Information and Communications Security, 2020 (Kopenhagen, Denmark)
Renner, Sebastian; Pozzobon, Enrico; Mottok, Jürgen: Benchmarking Software Implementations of 1st Round Candidates of the NIST LWC Project on Microcontrollers. 3rd Lightweight Cryptography Workshop at NIST, 2019 (Gaithersburg, USA) (Video)
Renner, Sebastian; Mottok, Jürgen: Towards Key Management Challenges in the Smart Grid. ARCS FORMUS³IC Workshop, 2019 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Renner, Sebastian; Pozzobon, Enrico: SIM SIMulator. TROOPERS19 IT-Security Conference, 2019 (Heidelberg, Germany) (Video)
Pozzobon, Enrico; Weiss, Nils; Renner, Sebastian; Hackenberg, Rudolf: A Survey on Media Access Solutions for CAN Penetration Testing. 2nd ACM Computer Science in Cars Symposium (CSCS), 2018 (Munich, Germany)
Hackenberg, Rudolf; Weiss, Nils; Renner, Sebastian; Pozzobon Enrico: Extending Vehicle Attack Surface Through Smart Devices. 11th International Conference on Emerging Security Information, Systems and Technologies (SECURWARE), 2017 (Rome, Italy) (Best Paper Award)
I served as a PC member or chaired a session on the following conferences:
I worked as a teaching assistant in the following lectures/seminars at the OTH Regensburg
I'm am always looking for motivated students in the area of embedded software development, cryptography and security. If you want to write a project assignment, bachelor/master thesis or work in one of these areas, don't hesitate to contact me via mail. My S/MIME certificate can be found here.