Scholar
Zilong Lin
Google Scholar ID: jfCHZR0AAAAJ
Indiana University Bloomington
Citations & Impact
Citations
664
H-index
5
i10-index
4
Publications
7
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume
Academic Achievements
- - Publications:
- - USENIX Security’24: Malla: Demystifying Real-world Large Language Model Integrated Malicious Services
- - arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.12622: Consiglieres in the Shadow: Understanding the Use of Uncensored Large Language Models in Cybercrimes
- - IEEE S&P’24: MAWSEO: Adversarial Wiki Search Poisoning for Illicit Online Promotion
- - ACM CCS’24: Understanding Cross-Platform Referral Traffic for Illicit Drug Promotion
- - NDSS’22: Demystifying local business search poisoning for illicit drug promotion
- - PAKDD’22: IDSGAN: Generative adversarial networks for attack generation against intrusion detection
- - Awards:
- - Top-15 finalist in 2024 CSAW Best Applied Research Competition
- - Top-10 finalist in 2022 CSAW Best Applied Research Competition
Research Experience
- - Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (starting Fall 2025)
- - Research on cyber threat intelligence
- - Research on secure machine learning systems
Education
- - Ph.D. in Computer Science from Indiana University Bloomington, co-advised by Prof. Xiaojing Liao and Prof. XiaoFeng Wang
Background
- - Research Interests: Data-driven security, especially cyber threat intelligence and secure machine learning systems
- - Current Focus: Security around Large Language Models
- - Position: Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (starting Fall 2025)
- - Background: Besides academic research, also interested in violin and swimming. Studied violin performance at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University Bloomington.
Miscellany
- - Personal Interests: Violin, Swimming