Network, Systems and Cloud Security
Security of networks, operating systems, distributed infrastructures, services and cloud environments.
Babeș-Bolyai University
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Cyber Security, Privacy, Ethical Hacking and Exploit Research Group - CYPHER
The CYPHER group conducts fundamental and applied research in cybersecurity, privacy, ethical hacking and exploit research. The group brings together faculty, researchers, PhD candidates, collaborators and students and develops research, education and knowledge-transfer activities.
Research Areas
Key research directions and expertise
Web, Application and Data Security
Web and application security, malicious-resource detection, data protection and secure software engineering.
Ethical Hacking, Vulnerability Assessment and Exploit Research
Vulnerability discovery and analysis, penetration testing, exploit research and defensive countermeasures.
Privacy, Digital Identity and Trust
Privacy protection, digital identity, authentication, authorization and trust-enhancing technologies.
Cyber Threat Detection, Malware Analysis and OSINT
Cyber-threat and malware analysis, phishing, spam/scam, social engineering and open-source intelligence.
Intelligent Methods for Cybersecurity
Machine learning, deep learning, natural-language processing and LLM-based methods for cybersecurity.
Recent News & Events
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KES-IDT 2026 - Barcelona, Spain
Presentation of our work on phishing detection with LLM-based models.
TSM #165 Launch
CYPHER members participated in the launch of Today Software Magazine #165, to which they contributed the article On Education and Resilience in Cybersecurity.
IEEE TrustCom 2025 - Guiyang, China
DoNotSurf - Low-Latency DNS IP Tunneling.
Featured Projects
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SPECTRO
European project for specialised education and advanced cybersecurity skills.
CYCERONE
European project supporting institutional capacity and advanced cybersecurity education.
HRIA
T6 - AI in Cybersecurity and Space; Team 3 coordinated by Darius Vasile Bufnea.