Welcome to the DART (Detecting, Analyzing, and Responding to Cyber Threats) Lab, led by Wajih Ul Hassan at the University of Virginia. In an era where cyber threats are increasingly sophisticated and often hidden within the complexities of modern enterprises, our lab is committed to developing scalable, data-driven solutions for robust threat detection and detailed forensic investigation. We also focus on enhancing the operational efficiency of Security Operations Centers (SOCs), empowering them to respond to cyber threats with greater precision and speed. You can find our current projects here.

News

03/08/2024 [Grant] Thrilled and truly honored to receive the NSF CAREER Award: “Foundational Principles for Harnessing Provenance Analytics for Advanced Enterprise Security.” Thank you, NSF!
01/10/2024 [Award] Congratulations to Alex Suh for being recognized with an honorable mention for the CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award (URA) 2024! Alex received this honor for their exceptional research work with Shoaib. Keep up the great work!
11/05/2023 [Publication] Our paper on leveraging GNNs for APT detection in large-scale systems has been accepted at IEEE S&P 2024 🎉🎉. Congrats to my PhD student, Mati Ur Rehman, for leading the project and to our industry collaborator, Hadi Ahmadi. Stay tuned for the final paper!
05/20/2023 [Award] Muhammad Shaoib has been awarded the travel grant for the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P) 2023 🌟🚀.