Cybersecurity

WOOT 2026

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.

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The essentials

Event details

Dates
10 August 2026 to 11 August 2026
Address
700 Aliceanna St Baltimore, MD 21202 USA
Organiser
USENIX
Industry
Cybersecurity

Who attends

The audience

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

As described by the organiser

Public discussion

What people are saying

Official hashtag #002

Agenda themes

Topics covered

  • 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

On stage

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

On the floor

Sponsor

  • Binarly

Logistics

Where to stay

Places to stay near the venue.

  • Springhill Suites Marriott

    160 m from the venue

    120 East Redwood Street, Baltimore, 21202

  • Hampton

    190 m from the venue

    131 East Redwood Street, Baltimore, 21202-1225

  • 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

  • Candlewood Suites

    240 m from the venue

    101 North Charles Street, Baltimore, 21201

  • 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

  • Embassy Suites

    260 m from the venue

    222 Saint Paul Place, Baltimore, 21202

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