CV — Billy Tsouvalas

Education

Research Assistant and PhD Candidate in Computer Science

Stony Brook University
Cybersecurity Research under Prof. Nikiforakis at the PragSec Lab, SBU

2022 - Present

MSc in Computer Science

Stony Brook University

2022 - 2023

Research Assistant

Virginia Commonwealth University
Research at Modern Heuristics Research Group, VCU

2021 - 2022

BSc, MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Patras, Greece
Master's Thesis: Graph-based Malware Detection

2015 - 2020

Work Experience

Research Scientist Intern — Cloudflare

May 2025 - Aug 2025

Bot and Fraud Detection Research and Development
Performed fraud detection research

Research Scientist Intern — Cloudflare

May 2024 - Aug 2024

Bot and Fraud Detection Research and Development
Worked on bot behavior analysis and mitigation/detection techniques

Research Assistant — PragSec Lab, Stony Brook University

2022 - Present

Web Security and Bot Behavior
Moving Target Defense
Honeypots and Deceptive Security
System Administrator for PragSec lab
Publicity Chair for Active Defense and Deception Workshop (AD&D) for 2022 & 2023

Research Assistant — VCU Modern Heuristics Research Group

2021 - 2022

Cyber-Physical Intrusion Detection System for Solar Energy Power Plants
Cyber Attack Detection and Analysis for Wind Energy Power Plants
Development of Deepfake and Computer Generated Images and Videos Detection Tool
Infrared Image Classification via Transfer Learning
Virtual Reality Environment for Medical Operations & Surgeon Training

Social Media Administrator — VCU Cybersecurity Center

2021 - 2022

Intern — University of Patras Research Center

2020

Dynamic Analysis Malware Detection Platform
Malware Detection Tool Development
Work on Master's Thesis (Graph-based Malware Detection Methodologies)

Web Development & Security Consultant — Dr. Dimitriou, Mental Health Consultant

2018 - 2020

Web Design & Development
Secure and Usable Web Applications (GDPR, Secure transactions)
Social Media and Digital Marketing (Digital Advertising on Facebook and LinkedIn)

Skills & Tools

Web Application Security & Active Defenses

Nginx Apache Openresty Mitmproxy Lua Docker Ansible NetData Honeypots Bot Detection

Penetration Testing & Digital Forensics

Burp Suite Hydra Wpscan Metasploit Hashcat Aircrack-ng Nmap Volatility

Malware Analysis & Detection

Hex Rays IDA Pro NSA Ghidra Radare VirusShare VirusTotal Ember Sophos Stratosphere IPS

Machine Learning & Deep Neural Networks

Tensorflow Pytorch Random Forest SVM Autoencoders CNN RNN GAN

Programming & Scripting

Python JavaScript SQL PHP C / C++ / C# Java DSP Assembly Git MatLab

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Research Assistant and PhD Candidate in Computer Science

MSc in Computer Science

Research Assistant

BSc, MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Work Experience

Research Scientist Intern — Cloudflare

Research Scientist Intern — Cloudflare

Research Assistant — PragSec Lab, Stony Brook University

Research Assistant — VCU Modern Heuristics Research Group

Social Media Administrator — VCU Cybersecurity Center

Intern — University of Patras Research Center

Web Development & Security Consultant — Dr. Dimitriou, Mental Health Consultant

Invited Talks

Knocking on Admin's Door: Protecting Critical Web Applications with Deception

Skills & Tools

Web Application Security & Active Defenses

Penetration Testing & Digital Forensics

Malware Analysis & Detection

Machine Learning & Deep Neural Networks

Programming & Scripting

Languages