# WOOT 2026

- Dates: 10 August 2026 to 11 August 2026
- Location: Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, Baltimore, United States
- Address: 700 Aliceanna St Baltimore, MD 21202 USA
- Organiser: USENIX
- Industry: Cybersecurity

## About

The 20th USENIX WOOT Conference on Offensive Technologies (WOOT '26) focuses on offensive security research. It brings together academics, practitioners, independent hackers, and industry participants to collaborate on novel attacks, tools, and offensive techniques.

## Who attends

WOOT brings together both academics and practitioners in the field of offensive security research.

_As described by the organiser._

## Official links

- [Official website](https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot26)
- [Registration](https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot26/registration-information)
- [Agenda](https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot26/schedule)

## Topics

- Opening Remarks and Awards
- Squeezing Juicy Variant Bugs Out of Modern Browsers
- A Dummy's Guide to Agentic Exploit Generation
- Exploiting Android Apps with Counterfeit Art
- CATana: On the Dangers of SIM-Originating AT Commands
- SoK: Insecurity of Cellular Basebands
- Demo/Poster Session and Happy Hour

## Speakers

- Antonio Bianchi, Purdue University
- Antonio Bianchi, Program Co-Chair, Purdue University
- Jiska Classen, Hasso Plattner Institute
- Jiska Classen, Program Co-Chair, Hasso Plattner Institute
- Bill Marczak, Senior Researcher, The Citizen Lab
- Bill Marczak, Senior Researcher at The Citizen Lab
- Victor Goeman, DistriNet, KU Leuven
- Tom Cordemans, DistriNet, KU Leuven
- Christoph Sanders, DistriNet, KU Leuven
- Jorn Lapon, DistriNet, KU Leuven
- Vincent Naessens, DistriNet, KU Leuven
- Jacqueline Henes, University of Birmingham
- Moritz Sanft, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Matthew Bowden, University of Birmingham
- Flavio Toffalini, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Mihai Ordean, University of Birmingham
- David Oswald, Durham University
- Evangelos Bitsikas, Northeastern University
- Jason Veara, Northeastern University
- Aanjhan Ranganathan, Northeastern University
- Han Zheng, EPFL
- Qiang Liu, EPFL
- Yufei Du, Georgia Institute of Technology

## Sponsors and partners

- Binarly

## Where to stay

- **Springhill Suites Marriott**: 160 m from the venue, 120 East Redwood Street, Baltimore, 21202
  - [Hotel website](https://www.marriott.com/bwisi)
  - Phone: +1 410-685-1095
- **Hampton**: 190 m from the venue, 131 East Redwood Street, Baltimore, 21202-1225
  - [Hotel website](https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/balihhx-hampton-suites-baltimore-inner-harbor/)
  - Phone: +1 410-539-7888
- **Quality Inn**: 200 m from the venue, 110 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, 21202
- **Residence Inn Marriott**: 210 m from the venue, 17 Light Street, Baltimore, 21202
  - [Hotel website](https://www.marriott.com/bwihb)
  - Phone: +1 410-962-1220
- **Candlewood Suites**: 240 m from the venue, 101 North Charles Street, Baltimore, 21201
  - [Hotel website](https://www.ihg.com/candlewood/hotels/us/en/baltimore/bwich/hoteldetail)
  - Phone: +1 410-244-8181
- **Staybridge Suites**: 260 m from the venue, 17 Commerce Street, Baltimore, 21202
- **Brookshire Suites Inner Harbor, BW Premier Collection**: 260 m from the venue, 120 East Lombard Street, Baltimore, 21202
  - [Hotel website](https://www.brookshiresuites.com/)
  - Phone: +1 410-625-1300
- **Embassy Suites**: 260 m from the venue, 222 Saint Paul Place, Baltimore, 21202

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- [WOOT 2026 | CFP | CCF Security 会议 | Baltimore, MD, USA](https://call4papers.org/conf/woot-2026)
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