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CyberspACe securiTy and forensIcs lab (CactiLab)

We are a cybersecurity research lab at Northeastern University.

CactiLab is in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. Members of CactiLab are interested in security, privacy, and forensics in computer and communications systems. Current research foci include hardware-assisted, system, and software security. Please check out CactiLab’s open-source projects on GitHub and open lectures on YouTube.

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  1. code-xNIDS code-xNIDS Public

    source code for USENIX Security paper xNIDS

    Python 61 15

  2. ret2ns-Cortex-M-TrustZone ret2ns-Cortex-M-TrustZone Public

    This repo demonstrates the Return-to-Non-Secure (ret2ns) vulnerability on ARM Cortex-M TrustZone. It contains the attack and defense demonstration, as well as the defense overhead evaluation.

    C 33 5

  3. SoK-Cortex-M SoK-Cortex-M Public

    The published code repo for the Cortex-M SoK paper.

    C 28 9

  4. BYOTee-Build-Your-Own-TEEs BYOTee-Build-Your-Own-TEEs Public

    C 27 4

  5. Sherloc-Cortex-M-CFVD Sherloc-Cortex-M-CFVD Public

    SHERLOC: Secure and Holistic Control-Flow Violation Detection on Embedded Systems

    C 17 1

  6. UAFVerif UAFVerif Public

    Python 11 2

Repositories

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  • CactiLab/CactiLab.github.io's past year of commit activity
    HTML 1 MIT 0 0 0 Updated Sep 11, 2026
  • CactiLab/BYOTee-Build-Your-Own-TEEs's past year of commit activity
    C 27 Apache-2.0 4 1 0 Updated Aug 19, 2026
  • CactiLab/ReTEE-OSDZU3-REF-MPSoC's past year of commit activity
    C++ 0 0 0 0 Updated Aug 19, 2026
  • eCTF-Crypto-Material Public

    Additional research artifacts for the eCTF crypto usage study paper.

    CactiLab/eCTF-Crypto-Material's past year of commit activity
    0 Apache-2.0 0 0 0 Updated Jul 23, 2026
  • 2026-ectf-neu1-design Public

    2026 MITRE eCTF Design for Northeastern's CactiLab Team

    CactiLab/2026-ectf-neu1-design's past year of commit activity
    C 1 Apache-2.0 0 0 1 Updated Apr 7, 2026
  • cortex-m-hw-feature-test-suites Public

    This project tests all cases of memory violations on cortex-m with TrustZone and MPU.

    CactiLab/cortex-m-hw-feature-test-suites's past year of commit activity
    C 0 Apache-2.0 0 0 0 Updated Feb 5, 2026
  • SoK-Cortex-M Public

    The published code repo for the Cortex-M SoK paper.

    CactiLab/SoK-Cortex-M's past year of commit activity
    C 28 Apache-2.0 9 0 0 Updated Feb 5, 2026
  • CactiLab/consolidated-reference-bib-file's past year of commit activity
    TeX 0 0 0 0 Updated Nov 14, 2025
  • ret2ns-Cortex-M-TrustZone Public

    This repo demonstrates the Return-to-Non-Secure (ret2ns) vulnerability on ARM Cortex-M TrustZone. It contains the attack and defense demonstration, as well as the defense overhead evaluation.

    CactiLab/ret2ns-Cortex-M-TrustZone's past year of commit activity
    C 33 Apache-2.0 5 0 0 Updated Oct 30, 2025
  • eCTF-User-Study-Material Public

    Additional research artifacts for the eCTF user study paper.

    CactiLab/eCTF-User-Study-Material's past year of commit activity
    0 Apache-2.0 0 0 0 Updated Sep 1, 2025

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