Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Traynor Lab
Led by Patrick Traynor · Computer and Information Science and Engineering
What we study
The Traynor Lab studies security in mobile and internet systems, focusing on vulnerabilities in networks and fraud detection. They use data analysis and collaboration with other universities to uncover and protect against threats.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding required
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Advances in cloud and cellular core security
Studies security weaknesses in cloud and cellular network cores and develops ways to make them more secure.
Fuzzing stateful systems and evaluating AI detectors in academic writing
Testing stateful systems and the reliability of AI-writing detectors.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Extending the Heilmeier Catechism to Evaluate Security and Privacy Systems: Who is Left Out?
2025 · IEEE Security & Privacy
Suggests asking who is excluded when designing security systems.
- Copycat Crimes: Characterizing Code Reuse in the Mobile Android Stalkerware Ecosystem
2025 · IEEE Security & Privacy
Finds stalkerware apps often reuse code, making them easier to detect.
Show 3 more papersShow fewer
- Every Breath You Don’t Take: Deepfake Speech Detection Using Breath
2025 · Digital Threats Research and Practice
Creates a breath-based detector to identify deepfake speech in news audio.
- Analyzing the Monetization Ecosystem of Stalkerware
2022 · Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
Analyzes how stalkerware developers make money from their malware.
- Credit Card Fraud Is a Computer Security Problem
2021 · IEEE Security & Privacy
Says credit card fraud is a technical problem needing technical solutions.
Plain-language summaries are AI-written and reviewed by us; check the paper for details.
How to reach out
Patrick Traynor hasn't set up this page yet. You can also look them up in the UF directory (search “Patrick Traynor”).