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Education

PhD in Computer Science: (in progress) at Virginia Commonwealth University, VA, USA
M.S. in Cyber Security, New York University, NY, USA
B.E. Software Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan

[DFRWS EU]. Nauman Zubair, Adeen Ayub, Hyunguk Yoo, Irfan Ahmed, “PEM: Remote Forensic Acquisitionof PLC Memory in Industrial Control Systems”, In the 9th Annual Digital Forensics Research Conference Europe (DFRWS EU’22), March 2022, Oxford, United Kingdom (Best Paper Award)
[WOOT]. Adeen Ayub, Hyunguk Yoo, Irfan Ahmed, “Empirical Study of PLC Authentication Protocols in Industrial Control Systems”, In the 15th IEEE Workshop on Offensive Technologies (WOOT’21), co-located with the 42nd IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy and in cooperation with Usenix, San Francisco, CA, May 2021 (held virtually)
[ICCIP]. Syed Ali Qasim, Adeen Ayub, Jordan Johnson, Irfan Ahmed, “Attacking IEC-61131 Logic Engine in Programmable Logic Controllers in Industrial Control Systems”, In the 15th IFIP International Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection (ICCIP), March 2021, Arlington, Virginia (held virtually)

Outstanding Early-career Student Researcher Award 2022, Virginia Commonwealth University
Best Paper Award 9th Annual Digital Forensics Research Conference Europe (DFRWS EU’22), March 2022, Oxford, United Kingdom
Best Graduate Research Poster Award 8th Annual Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Conference, Denver, CO
Recipient of WiCyS conference scholarship, March 2022
Recipient of WiCyS conference scholarship, September 2021
Recipient of 2018 (ISC) Women’s Cybersecurity Scholarship
Recipient of 2018 ISSA Foundation (Shon-Harris Memorial) Scholarship

Interests: Industrial Control Systems vulnerabilities, Memory Forensics, Reverse Engineering Richmond, Virginia Feb 2020 - Current

Worked as TA for Fundamentals Software Engineer. Assisted Professor in grading assignments and holding labs Richmond, Virginia Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

Tested the network infrastructure and web applications to find vulnerabilities and provided a report of findings Richmond, Virginia Oct 2019 - Nov 2019

[DFRWS EU]. “Network Forensics of Industrial Control Systems”, In the 9th Annual Digital Forensics Research Conference Europe (DFRWS EU’22), March 2022, Oxford, United Kingdom. (2-hour workshop)
[DFRWS]. “Understanding and Subverting PLC Password Authentication in Industrial Control Systems”, In the 20th Annual Digital Forensics Research Conference (DFRWS’20), July 2020, Memphis, TN. (held virtually) (3-minute Lightning Talk)