Zilverling

J.A.L. Starink MSc (Jerre)

PhD Candidate
EEMCS-CS-SCS
Zilverling 2042
j.a.l.starink@utwente.nl
+31534899236
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I am a Ph.D. Candidate in the Semantics, Cybersecurity and Services (SCS) group of the University of Twente.

My research focuses on the analysis of software in a security context. In particular, my main interests lie within the extraction of behavior patterns exhibited by malicious software (malware). I use an approach that combines methods found in the fields of software reverse engineering, formal software verification and compiler theory, and intend to bring malware analysis to a more automated process that is both more scalable and manageable this way. I strongly believe in open source and open science, where researchers and developers can easily gain access to results of previously conducted research, and are welcomed to contribute their own ideas.

Finally, I often play in Capture The Flag (CTF) competitions, and help organize the Twente Hacking Squad, the University of Twente's student hacking team.

Expertise

  • Computer Science

    • Code Injection
    • Recovery Procedure
    • Malware Developer
    • Window Platform
    • Malicious Process
    • Malware Family
    • Original Condition

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Publications

2026

SoK: Systematization, Detection, and Hunting of Windows Malware Persistence Techniques (2026)In 21st ACM ASIA Conference on Computer and Communications Security, ACM ASIACCS 2026 (pp. 1371-1386). Association for Computing Machinery. van Nielen, J., Oliveri, A., Starink, J., Peter, A., Huisman, M., Aonzo, S., Balzarotti, D. & Continella, A.https://doi.org/10.1145/3779208.3805971

2025

Behavior Nets: Context-Aware Behavior Modeling for Code Injection-Based Windows Malware (2025)ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security, 28(3), 1-29. Article 33. Starink, J., Huisman, M., Peter, A. & Continella, A.https://doi.org/10.1145/3729228Toward Automatically Generating User-Specific Recovery Procedures after Windows Malware Infections (2025)In Proceedings - 10th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops, Euro S and PW 2025 (pp. 39-47). IEEE. Starink, J., Xu, C. W. & Continella, A.https://doi.org/10.1109/EuroSPW67616.2025.00011

2023

Understanding and Measuring Inter-Process Code Injection in Windows Malware (2023)In Security and Privacy in Communication Networks: 19th EAI International Conference, SecureComm 2023, Hong Kong, China, October 19-21, 2023, Proceedings, Part II (pp. 490-514). Starink, J., Huisman, M., Peter, A. & Continella, A.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64954-7_25Divak: Non-invasive Characterization of Out-Of-Bounds Write Vulnerabilities (2023)In Proceedings of the Conference on Detection of Intrusions and Malware and Vulnerability Assessment (DIMVA). Hafkemeyer, L., Starink, J. & Continella, A.

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University of Twente

Zilverling (building no. 11), room 2042
Hallenweg 19
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands

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