Riccardo Paccagnella
Assistant Professor, Software and Societal Systems Department
Courtesy Appointment, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Riccardo Paccagnella is an assistant professor of computer science in Carnegie Mellon’s Software and Societal Systems department. He is a core faculty member of CyLab’s Security and Privacy Institute, with a courtesy appointment in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2023. His research interests are in system and hardware security.
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CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Applications open for CMU Ph.D. programs in cybersecurity and privacy
Carnegie Mellon University offers several Ph.D. programs that attract students interested in pursuing research careers in security and privacy.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Researchers uncover “Pixnapping,” a new class of Android attacks that can steal on-screen data in seconds
A team of researchers featuring Riccardo Paccagnella, assistant professor in Carnegie Mellon University’s Software and Societal Systems Department (S3D), has uncovered a new class of Android attacks that can stealthily steal sensitive information displayed by other apps or even websites.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab faculty, students to present at ACM CCS 2025
Carnegie Mellon faculty and students will present on a wide range of topics at the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control’s (SIGSAC’s) Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ACM CCS). Held at the Taipei International Convention Center in Taipei, Taiwan on October 13-17, the event brings together information security researchers, practitioners, developers, and users from all over the world to explore cutting-edge ideas and results.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab awards 2025 seed funding
This year, CyLab has awarded more than $400K in seed funding to 16 CMU students, faculty, and staff members from five departments at the university.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Applications open for CMU Ph.D. programs in cybersecurity and privacy
Carnegie Mellon University offers several Ph.D. programs that attract students interested in pursuing research careers in security and privacy.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab faculty, students present research at the 33rd USENIX Security Symposium
Carnegie Mellon faculty and students presented on a wide range of topics at the 33rd USENIX Security Symposium. Held in Philadelphia on August 14-16, the event brought together experts from around the world, who highlighted the latest advances in the security and privacy of computer systems and networks.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab researchers present research at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
CyLab faculty members and students presented their research on topics ranging from mobile money practices in Africa to uncovering and identifying side-channel and evasion attacks at the 45th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Symposium on Security and Privacy.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab awards 2024 seed funding
This year, CyLab has awarded $400K in seed funding to 17 CMU students, faculty, and staff members representing five departments at the university.