Martin Schwarzl

Martin Schwarzl

Researcher in Systems Security

Cloudflare

Professional Summary

Hi and welcome to my site :) I did my PhD in the CoreSec group at Graz University of Technology. My main research interest is systems security with a focus on microarchitectural security. I am also interested in software and hardware exploitation, reverse-engineering and CTFs.

My PhD thesis is about Remote Side-Channel Attacks and Defenses.

Education

PhD in Computer Science, 2023

Graz University of Technology

DI(equiv. MSc) in Computer Science, 2019

Graz University of Technology

BSc in Computer Science, 2017

Graz University of Technology

Interests

Microarchitectural Attacks and Defenses Remote Timing Attacks Operating Systems Binary Exploitation Reverse Engineering Penetration Testing Hacking CTFs Football Skiing
Recent Publications
(2025). TME-Box: Scalable In-Process Isolation through Intel TME-MK Memory Encryption. NDSS 2025.
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(2023). Collide+Power: Leaking Inaccessible Data with Software-based Power Side Channels. USENIX Security Symposium.
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(2023). CustomProcessingUnit: Reverse Engineering and Customization of Intel Microcode. WOOT.
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(2023). DOPE: DOmain Protection Enforcement with PKS. ACSAC.
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(2023). Layered Binary Templating. International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security.
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