Shan Wang 王姗

Shan Wang 王姗

Postdoctoral Fellow, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Publications

Representative Papers

  1. [CCS 2025] - Shan Wang, Ming Yang, Yu Liu, Yue Zhang, Shuaiqing Zhang, Zhen Ling, Jiannong Cao and Xinwen Fu. “Time Tells All: Deanonymization of Blockchain RPC Users with Zero Transaction Fee” [C], in Proceedings of the 32nd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS). Taipei, October 13-17, 2025. [BIG4] [CCF-A] [AR 14.5%, 316 out of 2186] [CVE-2025-43968] [Bug Bounty] [Ethereum Foundation Academic Grants]

  2. [ICDCS 2024] - Shan Wang, Ming Yang, Jiannong Cao, Zhen Ling, Qiang Tang, and Xinwen Fu, “CORE: Transaction Commit-Controlled Release of Private Data over Blockchains” [C], in Proceedings of the 44th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS). Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. 23 July - 26 July, 2024. [CCF-B] [AR 21.9%, 121 out of 552] [Distinguished Paper Award, AR <1%, 5 out of 552] [Travel Grant]

  3. [INFOCOM 2024] - Shan Wang, Ming Yang, Wenxuan Dai, Yu Liu, Yue Zhang, Xinwen Fu, “Deanonymizing Ethereum Users behind Third-Party RPC Services” [C], in Proceedings of the 43rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM’24), Vancouver, Canada, May 20-23, 2024. [CCF-A][AR 19.6%, 256 out of 1307]

  4. [ICDCS 2022] - Shan Wang, Zhen Ling, Yue Zhang, Ruizhao Liu, Joshua Kraunelisk, Kang Jia, Bryan Pearson, Xinwen Fu. “Implication of Animation on Android Security” [C], in Proceedings of 42nd IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), July 10 - July 13, 2022 // Bologna, Italy. [CCF-B][AR 19.9%, 114 out of 573]

  5. [ICDCS 2021] - Shan Wang, Ming Yang, Yue Zhang, Yan Luo, Tingjian Ge, Xinwen Fu, Wei Zhao. “On Private Data Collection of Hyperledger Fabric” [C], in Proceedings of 41st IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), July 7 - July 10, 2021. [CCF-B][AR 19.8%, 97 out of 489]

Full List

  1. [TDSC 2026] - Qi Chen, Ming Yang, Zhen Ling, Zixia Liu, Lan Luo, Changwei Cao, Shan Wang, Xinwen Fu. “A Tor-based Anonymous Network Covert Channel” [J]. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC). 2026. [CCF-A]

  2. [CSCWD 2026] - Yonghuan Xu, Ming Yang, Xiaodan Gu, Shan Wang. “Identifying Uploaders in Freenet via Under-Filled Packets” [C], in proceedings of the 29th IEEE International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD). Fuzhou, China. 13-15 May 2026. [CCF-C]

  3. [INFOCOM 2026] - Yonghuan Xu, Ming Yang, Shan Wang, Xiaodan Gu, Zixia Liu, Zhen Ling. “Your Outer Appearance Mirrors Your Inner Self: Exploiting Unobservable Node Internals to Deanonymize Uploaders in Freenet” [C], in Proceedings of the 45th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM). Tokyo, Japan. 18-21 May 2026. [CCF-A][AR 18.9%, 329 out of 1740]

  4. [S&P 2026] - Chunmian Wang, Junzhou Luo, Zhen Ling, Yue Zhang, Shan Wang, Ming Yang, Guangchi Liu, Xinwen Fu, “Descriptors of Exposure: Undermining Tor Anonymity through Exploiting Descriptor Flood” [C], in Proceedings of the 47th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P’26), San Francisco, California, USA, May 18-20, 2026. [BIG4] [CCF-A]

  5. [CCS 2025] - Shan Wang, Ming Yang, Yu Liu, Yue Zhang, Shuaiqing Zhang, Zhen Ling, Jiannong Cao and Xinwen Fu. “Time Tells All: Deanonymization of Blockchain RPC Users with Zero Transaction Fee” [C], in Proceedings of the 32nd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS). Taipei, October 13-17, 2025. [BIG4] [CCF-A] [AR 14.5%, 316 out of 2186] [CVE-2025-43968] [Bug Bounty] [Ethereum Foundation Academic Grants]

  6. [TNSE 2025] - Xiaorong Hao, Bo Liu, Shan Wang, Jiuxin Cao, Ding Zhou, Xinwen Fu, “EarlyDLM: Early Detecting Lateral Movements Through Graph and Loopback Sequence Embedding” [J], IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering (TNSE), 10.1109/TNSE.2025.3584627

  7. [ICDCS 2024] - Shan Wang, Ming Yang, Jiannong Cao, Zhen Ling, Qiang Tang, and Xinwen Fu, “CORE: Transaction Commit-Controlled Release of Private Data over Blockchains” [C], in Proceedings of the 44th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS). Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. 23 July - 26 July, 2024. [CCF-B] [AR 21.9%, 121 out of 552] [Distinguished Paper Award, AR <1%, 5 out of 552] [Travel Grant]

  8. [JSA 2024] - Shan Wang, Ming Yang, Shan Jiang, Fei Chen, Yue Zhang, Xinwen Fu, “BBS: A Secure and Autonomous Blockchain-based Big-Data Sharing System” [J], Elsevier Journal of Systems Architecture (JSA), Volume 150, May 2024, 103133. [CCF-B][JCR Q1] [PDF]

  9. [INFOCOM 2024] - Shan Wang, Ming Yang, Wenxuan Dai, Yu Liu, Yue Zhang, Xinwen Fu, “Deanonymizing Ethereum Users behind Third-Party RPC Services” [C], in Proceedings of the 43rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM’24), Vancouver, Canada, May 20-23, 2024. [CCF-A][AR 19.6%, 256 out of 1307]

  10. [INFOCOM 2024] - Shan Jiang, Jiannong Cao, Cheung Leong Tung, Yuqin Wang, Shan Wang, “Sharon: Secure and Efficient Cross-shard Transaction Processing via Shard Rotation” [C], in Proceedings of the 43rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM’24), Vancouver, Canada, May 20-23, 2024. [CCF-A][AR 19.6%, 256 out of 1307]

  11. [SWC 2024] - Yuqin Wang, Jiannong Cao, Shan Jiang, Shan Wang, Hongbo Liu and Zhixuan Liang, “Efficient and Atomic Cross-Blockchain Transaction Processing for Decentralized Web3 Applications” [C], in Proceedings of 2024 IEEE Smart World Congress (SWC), December 2-7, 2024, Denarau Island, Fiji.

  12. [ICNC 2024] - Lan Luo, Christopher Morales-Gonzalez, Shan Wang, Zhen Ling, Xinwen Fu, “Unified View of IoT and CPS Security and Privacy” [C], in Proceedings of International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), Big Island, Hawaii, USA, February 19-22, 2024.

  13. [ICNC 2023] - Michael Cash, Christopher Morales-Gonzalez, Shan Wang, Xipeng Jin, Alex Parlato, Jason Zhu, Qun Zhou Sun, Xinwen Fu, “On False Data Injection Attack against Building Automation Systems” [C], in Proceedings of International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, February 20-22, 2023.

  14. [ICDCS 2022] - Shan Wang, Zhen Ling, Yue Zhang, Ruizhao Liu, Joshua Kraunelisk, Kang Jia, Bryan Pearson, Xinwen Fu. “Implication of Animation on Android Security” [C], in Proceedings of 42nd IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), July 10 - July 13, 2022 // Bologna, Italy. [CCF-B][AR 19.9%, 114 out of 573]

  15. [CNS 2022] - Shan Wang, Ming Yang, Bryan Pearson, Tingjian Ge, Xinwen Fu, Wei Zhao. “On Security of Proof-of-Policy (PoP) in the Execute-Order-Validate Blockchain Paradigm” [C], in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS), 3–5 October 2022 // Austin, TX, USA // Hybrid: In-Person and Virtual Conference. [43 out of 122]

  16. [ICC 2022] - Shan Wang, Ming Yang, Tingjian Ge, Yan Luo, Xinwen Fu, “BBS: A Blockchain Big-Data Sharing System” [C], in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 16–20 May 2022 // Seoul, South Korea // Hybrid: In-Person and Virtual Conferenc. [CCF-C]

  17. [ICC 2021] - Michael Cash, Shan Wang, Bryan Pearson, Qun Zhou, Xinwen Fu, “On Automating BACnet Device Discovery and Property Identification” [C], in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 14-23 June 2021 // Virtual / Montreal. DOI: 10.1109/ICC42927.2021.9500413. [CCF-C]

  18. [ICDCS 2021] - Shan Wang, Ming Yang, Yue Zhang, Yan Luo, Tingjian Ge, Xinwen Fu, Wei Zhao. “On Private Data Collection of Hyperledger Fabric” [C], in Proceedings of 41st IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), July 7 - July 10, 2021. [CCF-B][AR 19.8%, 97 out of 489]

  19. [CCPE 2017] - Ming Yang, Shan Wang, Zhen Ling, Yaowen Liu, and Zhenyu Ni. “Detection of malicious behavior in android apps through API calls and permission uses analysis” [J], Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience 29, no. 19 (2017): e4172. [CCF-C]