I am a final year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, under the supervision of Jason Polakis. My research focuses on Web Security and Privacy, with a particular emphasis on privacy-invasive attacks and browser-based user tracking and fingerprinting. My research interests include web security and privacy attacks and mitigations, large-scale internet measurements, and cybercrime.

Prior to my Ph.D., I earned my undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Crete, where I also worked as a graduate research assistant at FORTH.

I am on the academic job market. Please feel free to reach out if you’d like to discuss my research, potential collaborations, or academic opportunities!

Selected Publications

[ACSAC ‘24] Harnessing Multiplicity: Granular Browser Extension Fingerprinting through User Configurations
Konstantinos Solomos, Nick Nikiforakis, Jason Polakis
In Proceedings of the Annual Computer Security Applications Conference, December 2024, Hawai, USA.

[CCS ‘22] Escaping the Confines of Time: Continuous Browser Extension Fingerprinting Through Ephemeral Modifications
Konstantinos Solomos, Panagiotis Ilia, Nick Nikiforakis, Jason Polakis
In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Los Angeles, USA.

[SEC ‘22] The Dangers of Human Touch: Fingerprinting Browser Extensions through User Actions
Konstantinos Solomos, Panagiotis Ilia, Soroush Karami, Nick Nikiforakis, Jason Polakis
In Proceedings of the 31st USENIX Security Symposium, Boston, USA.
Artifacts

[NDSS ‘21] Tales of Favicons and Caches: Persistent Tracking in Modern Browsers
Konstantinos Solomos, John Kristoff, Chris Kanich, Jason Polakis
In Proceedings of the 27th Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (Online).
Media Coverage | CVE Report

[NDSS ‘20] Carnus: Exploring the Privacy Threats of Browser Extension Fingerprinting
Soroush Karami, Panagiotis Ilia, Konstantinos Solomos, Jason Polakis
In Proceedings of the 26th Network and Distributed System Security Symposium.