Malware Coordination using the Blockchain: An Analysis of the Cerber Ransomware. - Stijn Pletinckx; Cyril Trap; Christian Doerr (CNS, 2018)

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Detecting Orphaned Web Pages at Internet-Scale. - Stijn Pletinckx; Kevin Borgolte; Tobias Fiebig (CCS, 2021)

Certifiably Vulnerable: Using Certificate Transparency Logs for Target Reconnaissance. - Stijn Pletinckx; Thanh-Dat Nguyen; Tobias Fiebig; Christopher Kruegel; Giovanni Vigna (EuroS&P, 2023)

Beneath the Surface: An Analysis of OEM Customizations on the Android TLS Protocol Stack. - Vinuri Bandara; Stijn Pletinckx; Ilya Grishchenko; Christopher Kruegel; Giovanni Vigna; Juan Tapiador; Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez (EuroS&P, 2025)

A Large-Scale Measurement Study of the PROXY Protocol and its Security Implications. - Stijn Pletinckx; Christopher Kruegel; Giovanni Vigna (NDSS, 2025)