Richard K. Roberts

Introduction

I am a sixth year Ph.D. student studying Computer Science at the University of Maryland's Maryland Cybersecurity Center (MC2) . My primary research interest is in Cybersecurity.

I am currently researching several topics including (but not limited to): measuring website and domain impersonation on the web, discovering the unintended consequences of Certificate Transparency, and investigating the relationship between users' mental models of computer security, depictions of security in media, and security in reality.

I am advised by Dave Levin.

My CV can be found here.

Contact

Email: ricro (at) umd (dot) edu

Refereed Publications

• (PDF) Blue Is the New Black (Market): Privacy Leaks and Re-Victimization from
  Police-Auctioned Phones
  Richard Roberts, Julio Poveda, Raley Roberts, Dave Levin
  (To Appear In) IEEE S&P 2023 (Symposium on Security and Privacy)
  


• (PDF) Investigating Influencer VPN Ads on YouTube
  Omer Akgul, Richard Roberts, Moses Namara, Dave Levin, Michelle L. Mazurek
  IEEE S&P 2022 (Symposium on Security and Privacy)
  


• (PDF) Measurement and Analysis of Automated Certificate Reissuance
  Olamide Omolola, Richard Roberts, Ishtiaq Ashiq, Taejoong Chung, Dave Levin, Alan Mislove
  PAM 2021 (Passive and Active Measurement Conference)
  


• (PDF) You Are Who You Appear to Be: A Longitudinal Study of Domain Impersonation in TLS Certificates
  Richard Roberts, Yaelle Goldschlag, Rachel Walter, Taejoong Chung, Alan Mislove, Dave Levin
  CCS 2019 (Conference on Computer and Communications Security)
  


• (PDF) When Certificate Transparency Is Too Transparent: Analyzing Information Leakage in HTTPS Domain Names
  Richard Roberts, Dave Levin
  WPES 2019 (Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society)
  


• (PDF) The Effect of Entertainment Media on Mental Models of Computer Security
  Kelsey Fulton, Rebecca Gelles, Alexandra McKay, Richard Roberts, Yasmin Abdi, Michelle Mazurek
  SOUPS 2019 (Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security)
  


• (PDF) Measurement and Analysis of Hajime, a Peer-to-peer IoT Botnet
  Stephen Herwig, Katura Harvey, George Hughey, Richard Roberts, Dave Levin
  NDSS 2019 (Network and Distributed System Security Symposium)

Posters, Proposals, & Works in Progress

• (Research Proposal Talk, Abstract) This Proposal Was Brought to You by Content Creators' Mental Models of Security & Privacy Products
  Richard Roberts, Wentao Guo, Omer Akgul, Michelle L. Mazurek, Dave Levin
  ConPro 2023 (Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection)


• (Research Proposal Talk, Abstract) Investigating VPN Ads on YouTube
  Omer Akgul, Richard Roberts, Moses Namara, Dave Levin, Michelle L. Mazurek
  ConPro 2021 (Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection)


• (Poster, Abstract) Mental Models of Domain Names and URLs
  Richard Roberts, Daniela Lulli, Abolee Raut, Kelsey R. Fulton, Dave Levin
  SOUPS 2020 (Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security)


• (Research Proposal Talk) .how .you .spot .whoswho .online .sucks: Deceiving Users with Generic Top-Level Domains
  Richard Roberts, Rachel Walter, Daniela Lulli, Dave Levin
  ConPro 2020 (Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection)


• (Poster) Measuring Domain Impersonation with Certificate Transparency Logs
  Richard Roberts, Yaelle Goldschlag, Dave Levin
  ACM IMC 2018 (Intrenet Measurement Conference)


• (Poster) Measurement and Analysis of Hajime, a Peer-to-peer IoT Botnet
  Stephen Herwig, Katura Harvey, George Hughey, Richard Roberts, Dave Levin
  ACM IMC 2018 (Intrenet Measurement Conference)