Publications

Console Clutter: A Cross-Browser Measurement of Console Messages

Thomas Helbrecht and Jannis Rautenstrauch
In 26th International Conference of Web Engineering, June 2026 Code BibTeX
Acceptance rate: 21% (8/39 full research papers)

LEAKYLINKS: Measuring the Security and Privacy Risks of URL Scanning Services

Ali Mustafa, Jannis Rautenstrauch, Florian Hantke, Shubham Agarwal, Stefano Calzavara and Ben Stock
In 47th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, May 2026
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Acceptance rate: 13% (135/1070 full research papers, cycle 2)

A Permissions Odyssey: A Systematic Study of Browser Permissions on Modern Websites

Alberto Fernandez-de-Retana, Jannis Rautenstrauch, Igor Santos-Grueiro and Ben Stock
In 25th ACM Internet Measurement Conference, October 2025
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Acceptance rate: 24% (72/305 full research papers)

Head(er)s Up! Detecting Security Header Inconsistencies in Browsers

Jannis Rautenstrauch, Trung Tin Nguyen, Karthik Ramakrishnan and Ben Stock
In 32nd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, October 2025
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Acceptance rate: 14.5% (316/2186 full research papers)

Who’s Breaking the Rules? Studying Conformance to the HTTP Specifications and its Security Impact

Jannis Rautenstrauch and Ben Stock
In 19th ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security, July 2024
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Acceptance rate: 22.1% (129/585 full research papers)

To Auth or Not To Auth? A Comparative Analysis of the Pre- and Post-Login Security Landscape

Jannis Rautenstrauch, Kristina Mitkov, Thomas Helbrecht, Lorenz Hetterich and Ben Stock
In 45th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, May 2024
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Acceptance rate: 17.8% (258/1449 full research papers)

The Leaky Web: Automated Discovery of Cross-Site Information Leaks in Browsers and the Web

Jannis Rautenstrauch, Giancarlo Pellegrino and Ben Stock
In 44th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, Distinguished Paper Award, May 2023
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Acceptance rate: 17.1% (196/1147 full research papers), Distinguished Paper Award rate: 1.0% (12/1147 full research papers)