Nils Rollshausen, M.Sc.

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Nils Rollshausen

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  2025 In progress

Tools for Automated Protocol Analysis

What's the state of the art in automatic analysis of unknown binary payloads / protocols? How can we design usable tools to aid researchers in understanding them?

  2025 In progress

Hiding in Plain Sight: LLM Steganography for Instant Messaging

Large Language Models as "next word prediction engines" can be used in interesting ways to embed secret messages in plausible-looking cover-text. This thesis investigates using LLMs for steganography in the context of an Android instant messaging app.

  2025 In progress

Fuzzing the Unfuzzable? A Comparative Analysis of Fuzzing Methods for Apple Watch Communication Protocols

The Apple Watch, like other IoT devices, uses a host of different bespoke wireless protocols. How can we use fuzzing to systematically test Apple's implementation for security issues?

  2024 In progress

Security Analysis of a Kids Smartwatch

Tech companies are increasingly marketing smartwatches to children. But are the manufacturers taking appropriate measures to protect children's health and location data? This thesis investigates the popular Xplora X6 play smartwatch.

  2024 Available from: June 2025

Assorted Topics in Wearable Security & Adversarial Interoperability

Note: I currently do not have the capacity to supervise additional theses. Are you interested in wearable devices, reverse engineering, security research, mobile ecosystems, and interoperability? I might just have a topic for you. Possible topics could be: Explore cross-network collaborative content blocking on social media Adversarial interoperability between "incompatible" smart ecosystems Building custom, secure infrastructure for GSM-based GPS trackers Whether you're interested in one of those topics or have an idea of your own in this area, get in touch and we can have a chat.

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