Suyoung Lee Security Researcher

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About Me

I am a postdoctoral researcher @KAIST WSP Lab. My primary research interests lie at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and computer security. In particular, I am interested in securing AI-based systems, web browsers, and web applications. I'm always happy to hear from you. For all inquiries, you can reach me at: suyoung.lee@kaist.ac.kr

Work Experience

Mar. 2026 - Postdoctoral Researcher @KAIST WSP Lab

Education

Sept. 2019 - Feb. 2026 Ph.D., Graduate School of Information Security, KAIST (Advisor: Sooel Son)
Sept. 2017 - Aug. 2019 M.S., Graduate School of Information Security, KAIST (Advisor: Sooel Son)
Mar. 2013 - Aug. 2017 B.S., Computer Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University

Publications

(*: equal contribution)
  1. You Only Perturb Once: Bypassing (Robust) Ad-Blockers Using Universal Adversarial Perturbations
    Dongwon Shin, Suyoung Lee, Sanghyun Hong, and Sooel Son. ACSAC 2024
    [paper] [bib] [code]

  2. Margin-based Neural Network Watermarking
    Byungjoo Kim, Suyoung Lee, Seanie Lee, Sooel Son, and Sung Ju Hwang. ICML 2023
    [paper] [bib] [code]

  3. RICC: Robust Collective Classification of Sybil Accounts
    Dongwon Shin*, Suyoung Lee*, and Sooel Son. WWW 2023
    [paper] [bib] [code]

  4. Evaluating the Robustness of Trigger Set-Based Watermarks Embedded in Deep Neural Networks
    Suyoung Lee, Wonho Song, Suman Jana, Meeyoung Cha, and Sooel Son. TDSC 2023
    [paper] [bib] [supplemental materials]

  5. Learning to Generate Inversion-Resistant Model Explanations
    Hoyong Jeong, Suyoung Lee, Sung Ju Hwang, and Sooel Son. NeurIPS 2022
    [paper] [bib] [code] [supplemental materials]

  6. Montage: A Neural Network Language Model-Guided JavaScript Engine Fuzzer
    Suyoung Lee, HyungSeok Han, Sang Kil Cha, and Sooel Son. USENIX Security 2020
    [paper] [bib] [code] [data]

  7. FUSE: Finding File Upload Bugs via Penetration Testing
    Taekjin Lee, Seongil Wi, Suyoung Lee, and Sooel Son. NDSS 2020
    [paper] [bib] [code]

Reported Bugs

CVE-2019-8594 Arbitrary code execution in JavaSriptCore of Safari
CVE-2019-0923 Memory corruption in ChakraCore of Edge
CVE-2019-0860 Arbitrary code execution in ChakraCore of Edge (reward $5,000)

Honors and Awards

2019 MSRC’s 2018-2019 Most Valuable Security Researchers
2015 - 2016 Kwanjeong Educational Foundation Scholarship
2014 Distinguished Freshman Award

Professional Services

2026 Program Committee (WWW)
2023 Journal Reviewer (TOSEM)