Zihan Zhang

Security Researcher | CS Student @ SUSTech
🔬 COMPASS Lab Researcher

About Me

📍 Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong

🎓 Education: B.S. in Computer Science @ SUSTech (GPA: 3.62/4.0)

💼 Interests: Linux, C++, Security, System Programming, Malware Analysis

Research Focus

  • System Security & Malware Analysis
  • Cross-Architecture Binary Analysis
  • AI Safety & Trustworthy Agentic Systems
  • Compiler & Reverse Engineering

Tech Stack

C/C++ Python Rust Linux QEMU eBPF Docker LLM Security

Research

MirrorShield: Cross-Architecture Linux Malware Analysis

Status: Under Review

Lightweight dynamic analysis framework that executes multi-architecture Linux binaries via containerized QEMU user-mode emulation and collects syscall-level telemetry through an eBPF-based kernel monitor.

QEMU eBPF LLM Multi-Architecture Malware Analysis

Toward Trustworthy Agentic Systems

Status: Research Plan

Addressing security risks in AI agents through a security kernel approach, evidence-carrying actions, capability ledger, and plan-execute gate mechanisms.

AI Safety LLM Security Prompt Security Trustworthy AI

Projects

QEMUGuardian

Browser-integrated malware analysis tool for ELF executables across multiple architectures. Combines QEMU-user emulation with eBPF runtime monitoring.

QEMU eBPF Python Malware Analysis

Linux Security Tools

Collection of security tools and scripts for Linux system hardening, monitoring, and analysis.

Bash Python Linux Security

Contact

Feel free to reach out for collaboration on security research or any interesting projects!

📧 Email: zzh.xxbai@gmail.com

🐱 GitHub: github.com/shentoumengxin

🔬 Lab: COMPASS Lab @ SUSTech