About Me

I am a cybersecurity researcher and the creator of NarrowLink. Currently, I am a Ph.D. candidate in Information and Systems Engineering at Concordia University, under the supervision of Dr. Mohammad Mannan.

  • Email: sajjad{a†}pourali.com
  • Location: 1515 Ste-Catherine West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Research Interests: Mobile and Web Security, Embedded Device Security, Malware Analysis, Network Application Layer Security, and Privacy.

Education

Master of Science in Secure Computation

ImamReza University - July, 2020

Thesis: Designing a Framework for Security Assessment in the Iot Application Layer.

Bachelor in Software Engineering

Khavaran Institute of Higher Education - November, 2016

Thesis: Designed an Open-source Penetration Testing Framework With A Pipeline And Multi Thread Approach.

Expereince

APA Center of Mashhad

Senior Application Security Specialist | November'13 - April'21 Application Security Specialist | April'09 - November'13

Selected Publications

Racing for TLS Certificate Validation: A Hijacker’s Guide to the Android TLS Galaxy

USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX 2024) | Aug 14–16,24
Sajjad Pourali, Xiufen Yu, Lianying Zhao, Mohammad Mannan, Amr Youssef

Hidden in Plain Sight: Exploring Encrypted Channels in Android apps

ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2022) | Nov 7-11,22
Sajjad Pourali, Nayanamana Samarasinghe, Mohammad Mannan