WOOT aims to present a broad picture of offense and its contributions, bringing together researchers and practitioners in all areas of computer security.
Co-located with USENIX Security '25 in Seattle on
August 11–12, 2025
The Cycle 2 deadline for the USENIX WOOT Conference is in ~3 weeks (March 3, 2026)!
WOOT continues to include both a Systematization of Knowledge (SoK) track and an Up-and-Coming track (industry-focused).
Details are available in the Call for Papers:
https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot26/call-for-papers
Only 4 days to the WOOT 2026 Cycle 1 submission deadline!
Check the CFP for details:
https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot26/call-for-papers
USENIX WOOT Conference 2026: two submission deadlines this year!
- Cycle 1: December 12, 2025 *only one month away* !
- Cycle 2: March 3, 2026
WOOT still has a SoK track and an "Up-and-coming track" (~Industry), CFP for details:
https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot26/call-for-papers
The first session on day two of WOOT was on Physical Attacks, chaired by @azonenberg - three papers covering a broad range of topics!
The full WOOT 2025 schedule is online and now includes links to all the papers (including the previously-embargoed ones) - https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot25/technical-sessions
The presented slides will be added there shortly after the authors share the final versions, and all the talks are recorded and will be online in a few weeks time.
First WOOT session today was on Hardware Security - two talks on a variety of cutting-edge attacks against the RP2350 and a talk about automating the identification of hardware fault injection attacks against software using pre-silicon analysis.
Discounted early bird registration for WOOT '25 is still open until Monday - https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot25/registration-information - join us in Seattle on Aug 11/12 (right before USENIX Security) for talks, discussions and the all-important hallway track, and learn about all kinds of cutting-edge offensive security research. Plenty of fun things to learn about - from high-end HW attacks all the way to security "fun" with obscure(?) PHP functions. Take a look at the full program at https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot25/technical-sessions :)
Two winners of the RP2350 Hacking Challenge will present their results at WOOT!
Muench et al. break its secure boot guarantees through voltage, electromagnetic, and laser fault injection 💥 techniques: https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot25/presentation/muench
Zonenberg et al. extract its one-time programmable memory through passive voltage contrast 🔬 using a focused ion beam ⚡: https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot25/presentation/zonenberg
The WOOT 2025 conference lineup is live! 👀
Want to go to WOOT and learn about the latest hardware & software attacks? Registrations are now open!
If you can't afford traveling ✈️ to Seattle on your own and need financial support for a ticket, apply for a grant until July 7: https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot25/grants
Reviewer 2 just rejected your latest offensive security paper? Or didn't submit it anywhere yet? There's still more than a day left to (re)submit to USENIX WOOT '25 and get reviews from a community who will appreciate all those clever hacks, weird bugs 👾 and fun exploits! https://woot25.usenix.hotcrp.com
Only a week and a half left for USENIX WOOT '25 conference submissions - deadline March 11 AoE. We’re looking forward to seeing even more of your amazing offensive security papers this year! And still a few days for up-and-coming track (March 4). CfP at https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot25/call-for-papers
USENIX WOOT '25 submissions are due March 11. One month to go - still plenty of time to write a paper about your latest fun offensive security research! Or if you want more guidance to get a paper into shape, up-and-coming track deadline is March 4. CfP at https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot25/call-for-papers
⚠️ PSA: the deadline for the practitioner's track is less than 24 hours away (23:59 AoE, today!)
🔜 Submissions for the academic track have just one more week left
❤️ All submissions go here: https://woot24.usenix.hotcrp.com
Time to submit your offensive research to WOOT! The deadline for the practitioner track (aimed at industry-focused offensive research – think Black Hat/DEF CON) is Mar 5th (AoE).
The deadline for the academic track is one week later, on Mar 12th!
Submissions are most welcome at https://woot24.usenix.hotcrp.com/
The USENIX WOOT '24 conference(!) draft CfP is out: https://usenix.org/conference/woot24/call-for-papers. March 12 is the deadline for your offensive security papers! Or think academics should know about your work, but no experience writing formal papers? Submit a draft to the new practitioner track by Feb 20!
Excited to share that #WOOT24 will be a conference, co-located with @usenixsecurity and chaired by the wonderful @noopwafel and @adamd. We'll certainly submit something! https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot24
WOOT! Big news!
Starting 2024 WOOT will be the USENIX WOOT Conference on Offensive Technologies!
@usenixassociation WOOT '24 will take place on August 12-13 2024, co-located with USENIX Security
WOOT '24 will be co-chaired by @noopwafel (Intel) and @adamd (ASU)
🥰 Thanks to all attendees, keynote speakers, and authors for attending WOOT, and to the sponsors for their support!
A special thanks to @reyammer and @sara_rampazzi for chairing, and @blueminimal for handling the artifacts.
👉 Stay tuned for WOOT 2024 and consider submitting your work!
🏆*WOOT 2023 BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD* 🏆
"The ghost is the machine: weird machines in transient execution"
Congratulations to the authors!!!
