Fabian Thomas

Fabian Thomas

PhD Student

Hi, I’m a PhD student at Saarland University working at CISPA. My research topics are Rowhammer, side channels and transient execution. I spent my free time either playing Volleyball or hacking on my GNU/Linux setup. For the latter checkout the blog on my page.

Publications

Talks

Awards

2026

Distinguished Paper Award
TREVEX: A Black-Box Detection Framework For Data-Flow Transient Execution Vulnerabilities
IEEE S&P May 18, 2026
Distinguished Artifact Award
TREVEX: A Black-Box Detection Framework For Data-Flow Transient Execution Vulnerabilities
IEEE S&P May 18, 2026

2025

Distinguished Artifact Award
ExfilState: Automated Discovery of Timer-Free Cache Side Channels on ARM CPUs
CCS October 13, 2025