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Bikash Saha

Bikash Saha

Actively Looking for Postdoctoral Position

Bikash Saha a Ph.D. candidate at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, supervised by Prof. Sandeep Kumar Shukla and Prof. Urbi Chatterjee. He is a recipient of the prestigious C3iHub Ph.D. Fellowship for cybersecurity research. His research lies at the intersection of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, with a focus on offensive security, malware behavior understanding, threat intelligence extraction, and security compliance analysis.

Before joining IIT Kanpur, he completed his M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bhilai, where I worked under Dr. Rishi Ranjan Singh. I also worked as a Software Developer at Sterlite Technologies Limited.

LLMs for Security Malware Analysis Threat Intelligence Threat Attribution Security of AI
Recent News
12 Mar 2026Pre-Doctoral Research Seminar completed at IIT Kanpur. Talk
10 Mar 2026"Embedding Collision Attacks: A Representation-Level Threat to NLP Systems" accepted at ESORICS 2026 (Core A). Accepted
28 Jul 2025"Decoding Shadows: TTP-based APT Attribution" accepted at ISJ (Q2). [Paper] Accepted
09 Jun 2025Preprint "MalGEN: A Generative Agent Framework for Modeling Malicious Software" on Arxiv. [Paper]
22 Apr 2025"A Comprehensive Survey of APT Attribution" accepted at JISA (Q1). [Paper] Accepted
21 Mar 2025Indian Patent No. 563203 granted — System for Extracting Malware Capabilities. Patent
Patents
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System for Extracting Malware Capabilities and Method Thereof
Inventors: BIKASH SAHA, N Rani, & SK Shukla
India Patent No. 563203 (GRANTED)
US Application No. 18/812,003 (Under Examination)
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System for Attributing Cyber Threats and Method Thereof
Inventors: N Rani, BIKASH SAHA, V Maurya, & SK Shukla
India Patent Application No. 202411061807 (Under Examination)
US Application No. 19/210,186 (Under Examination)
Publications
Embedding Collision Attacks: A Representation-Level Threat to NLP Systems
Saha, B., Rani, N., Chatterjee, U., & Shukla, S. K.
ESORICS 2026 — Core A Accepted
Code
MalGEN: A Generative Agent Framework for Modeling Malicious Software in Cybersecurity
Saha, B., & Shukla, S. K.
Computers & Security (COSE) Journal Under Review
Paper
An Automated Framework for Cybersecurity Policy Compliance Assessment Against Security Control Standards
Saha, B., & Shukla, S. K.
Computer Standards & Interfaces Journal Under Review
Paper
Decoding Shadows: Towards TTP-based Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Attribution
Rani, N., Saha, B., Maurya, V., & Shukla, S. K.
Information Security Journal: A Global Perspective (Q2), 2025 Published
Paper Code & Dataset
A Comprehensive Survey of Advanced Persistent Threat Attribution
Rani, N., Saha, B., & Shukla, S. K.
Journal of Information Security and Applications (JISA, Q1), 2025 Published
Paper Data
Generative AI in Financial Institution: A Global Survey of Opportunities, Threats, and Regulation
Saha, B., Rani, N., & Shukla, S. K.
arXiv preprint Preprint
Paper
PARAG: Proactive Answering Framework Integrating LLMs with Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Saha, B., Rani, N., Chakraborty, J., Singh, D., Chakraborty, S. V., & Shukla, S. K.
European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference, Springer, 2025 Published
PaperCode
Malaware: Automating the Comprehension of Malicious Software Behaviours Using LLMs
Saha, B., Rani, N., & Shukla, S. K.
IEEE/ACM MSR 2025 Published
PaperCode & Dataset
Automated Classification of Cybercrime Complaints using Transformer-based Language Models for Hinglish Texts
Rani, N., Singh, D., Saha, B., & Shukla, S. K.
arXiv preprint Preprint
Paper
MAD: A Meta-Learning Approach to Detect APTs using Provenance Data in Industrial IoT
Saha, B., Rani, N., & Shukla, S. K.
ACSAC Workshops 2024, IEEE Published
Paper
Genesis of Cyber Threats: Towards Malware-based APT Attribution
Rani, N., Saha, B., Kumar, R., & Shukla, S. K.
IEEE TPS-ISA 2024, Washington DC Published
PaperCode
TTPXHunter: Actionable Threat Intelligence Extraction as TTPs from Cyber Threat Reports
Rani, N., Saha, B., Maurya, V., & Shukla, S. K.
Digital Threats: Research and Practice, ACM, 2024 Published
PaperCode
MalXCap: A Method for Malware Capability Extraction
Saha, B., Rani, N., & Shukla, S. K.
ISPEC 2023, Springer Nature Singapore Published
Paper
TTPHunter: Automated Extraction of Actionable Intelligence as TTPs from Narrative Threat Reports
Rani, N., Saha, B., Maurya, V., & Shukla, S. K.
Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW 2023) Published
PaperCode
Recent Talks
Cyber Threats Talk
Training on Cyber Threats and Threat Intelligence
Indian Army
31 Dec 2024 – 10 Jan 2025 · 16 Hours
Safe Travels Talk
Safe Travels in the Digital Age: Cybersecurity for Vacationers
NHAI — Cyber Security & Awareness Program by C3i Hub
18 Oct 2024
Slides
MalXCap DTU Talk
MalXCap: A Method for Malware Capability Extraction
ISPEC 2023 · Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen
25 Aug 2023
Reviewing & Academic Service
Conference PC
ACM CCS 2026
Artifact Evaluation Committee
MSR 2026 Data and Tool Showcase Track
Program Committee Member
DIMVA 2026 Poster Track
Program Committee Member
Journal Reviewer
Journal of Information Security and Applications (JISA)
Computer Networks
Artificial Intelligence Review
Sub-reviewer
Computers & Security (COSE)
Array Journal
Teaching / Training Experience
Dec 2024 – Jan 2025
Cyber Threats and Threat Intelligence Training for Indian Army
  • Delivered a specialized 16-hour training program on cyber threats and threat intelligence for Indian Army personnel.
Oct 2024
Cybersecurity Awareness Sessions for NHAI Personnel
  • Conducted cybersecurity awareness talks during Cyber Jagrukta Diwas for personnel of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), contributing to national cybersecurity initiatives.
Volunteer Experience
2025
ESC CSAW’25 India Lead
NYU Tandon & IIT Kanpur
  • Led Indian coordination for CSAW’25 Embedded Security Challenge, including CTF management and prize distribution.
2025
HACK IITK Cybersecurity Challenge 2025
C3iHub, IIT Kanpur
  • Served as an organizer for a national-level cybersecurity hackathon promoting innovation and practical problem-solving.
2024
CSAW’24 CTF India Lead
NYU Tandon & IIT Kanpur
  • Led Indian coordination for CSAW’24 CTF activities, including competition management and prize distribution.
2024
Conference on Emerging Trends in Cybersecurity
C3iHub, IIT Kanpur
  • Helped organize a conference connecting researchers, industry leaders, and policymakers in cybersecurity.
2020–2021
DPGC Student Representative
Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
  • Represented postgraduate students by communicating concerns and sharing academic updates.
2020–2021
Mentor, Student Mentorship Program
Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
  • Guided first-year students on academics, campus life, and onboarding.
2020–2021
Volunteer, Placement Team
Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
  • Assisted with placement coordination, recruiter communication, and placement data management.
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