Zhiwei Lin 「归青」

Master of Computing

National University of Singapore

Zhiwei Lin

Research Focus

I'm currently advised by Prof. Zhenkai Liang at National University of Singapore. My research focuses on AI for Security, Network Security, and Program Analysis, with particular emphasis on vulnerability discovery and exploitation techniques.

I'm also a core member of the CTF team 0x401, where I compete in cybersecurity challenges and develop practical skills in vulnerability research.

Key Publications

USENIX Security 2024

CDN Cannon: Exploiting CDN Back-to-Origin Strategies for Amplification Attacks

Ziyu Lin, Zhiwei Lin, Ximeng Liu, Jianjun Chen, Run Guo, Cheng Chen, Shaodong Xiao

Preprint

A Large-Scale Evolvable Dataset for Model Context Protocol Ecosystem and Security Analysis

Zhiwei Lin, Bonan Ruan, Jiahao Liu, Weibo Zhao

Preprint

An Accurate and Efficient Vulnerability Propagation Analysis Framework

Bonan Ruan, Zhiwei Lin, Jiahao Liu, Chuqi Zhang, Kaihang Ji, Zhenkai Liang

Preprint

Detecting and Measuring Security Implications of Entangled Domain Verification in CDN

Ziyu Lin, Zhiwei Lin, Run Guo, Jianjun Chen, Mingming Zhang, Ximeng Liu, Tianhao Yang, Zhuoran Cao, Robert H. Deng

Conference Talks

Black Hat Asia 2025

CDN Cannon: Exploiting CDN Back-to-Origin Strategies for Amplification Attacks

Zhiwei Lin, Ziyu Lin

Experience

2024.8 - 2025.6

Research Assistant

CURIOSITY @ National University of Singapore

2024.5 - 2024.8

Security Engineering Intern

Ant Group

2024.1 - 2024.5

Research Intern

CURIOSITY @ National University of Singapore

2023.8 - 2023.10

Security Research Intern

QI-ANXIN Technology Company

2023.3 - 2023.10

Research Intern

NISL @ Tsinghua University

Education

2024.8 - 2025.6

Master Student

National University of Singapore, School of Computing

2020.9 - 2024.7

Bachelor of Science

Sichuan University, School of Cyber Space and Engineering

Selected Awards

1st Prize

2023 National College Student Information Security Contest (National Finals CTF)

Champion

2022 "Anxun Cup" CTF (National Finals)

3rd Prize

2022 D³CTF (International Finals)

CVE Credits

CVE-2023-51770, CVE-2023-46227, CVE-2023-41578, CVE-2023-42268

Contact

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