Awards & Recognition
- 2026/6 令和8年度「電波の日・情報通信月間」における表彰（情報通信月間推進協議会会長表彰・情報通信功績賞） (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC))
- 2026/1 第22回「情報セキュリティ文化賞」受賞者を発表 (JapanSecuritySummit Update; organized by Institute of Information Security)
- 2025/4 令和7年度 科学技術分野の文部科学大臣表彰（研究者表彰） (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT))
- 2023/3 サイバーセキュリティに関する総務大臣奨励賞 (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC))
Government Committees & Public Service
- 2025/9– Chair, AI Security Subcommittee, Cybersecurity Task Force, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (related: draft “Guidelines on Technical Measures for Ensuring the Security of AI”) (MIC)
- Appointed as a member of the NISC Research and Development Strategy Expert Panel (National center of Incident readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity / NISC)
Industry Collaboration & Expert Commentary
- 2025/9/9 BBSS株式会社、早稲田大学とネット詐欺被害防止に関する共同研究を開始 (BBSS / PR TIMES)
- Provides monthly comments as a security expert for BBSS’s “Online Fraud Report” (BBSS)
Attack to AI-driven Systems
- 2026/7/16 狙われるAIをどう守るか 早稲田大学 森教授と語るセキュリティガイドライン (TechTarget Japan)
- 2024/4/15 「ドローンは“プロジェクターが映した人”を人間と間違える？ 早稲田大などが調査 対策法も提案 」 (ITMedia NEWS)
Possible Domain Fraud to Tokyo Olympics
- 2021/10/25 東京五輪の裏で起きていたドメイン名取得狂想曲と顛末 (WASEDA ONLINE)
- 2020/3/26 Tokyo 2021 internet domains snapped up as Olympic delay confirmed (The JAPAN TIMES)
- 2020/3/26 類似ドメイン、五輪延期で急増 「Ｔｏｋｙｏ２０２１」、転売目的か―高額出品も (Jiji Press / Yahoo! News Japan)
- Supplementary information on the media coverage [2019/5/30]
- 2019/12/11 偽サイト対策、海外に学べ 五輪チケット販売で懸念 強制閉鎖やドメイン活用 (Nikkei)
- 2019/6/3 それって「東京五輪」の公式サイト？ すでに1000件近くの類似ドメイン名を発見、アクセス前に注意を (INTERNET Watch)
- 2019/5/31 小心東京奧運抽票詐騙 假帳號多達950個 (Yahoo! Kimo News)
- 2019/5/31 Waspada Situs Web Palsu Olimpiade Tokyo 2020! (Media Formasi)
- 2019/5/30 五輪・パラ公式サイトと類似ドメイン1000件近く 一部は悪用も (NHK News 7, NHK Shutoken News)
- 2019/5/30 Expert warns of domain fraud linked to Olympics (NHK World News)
IoT Security
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2019/10/7 Can We Stop Our Toasters From Spying on Us? (Binary District)
Attack to the touchscreens (Tap ‘n Ghost)
- 2019/6/7 TAP ‘N GHOST: A NOVEL ATTACK AGAINST SMARTPHONE TOUCHSCREENS (HACKADAY)
- 2019/6/5 Tap ‘n Ghost Attack discovered by Security Researchers at Waseda University, Tokyo (TechnoidHub)
- 2019/6/5 Tap ‘N Ghost Attack – To Target Touchscreen Devices (HackersOnlineClub)
- 2019/6/5 Newly Discovered Tap ’n Ghost Attack Let Hackers to Remotely Control Android Smartphone (GBHackers)
- 2019/6/4 Newly discovered Tap ‘n Ghost attack can be used to target Android devices (CYWARE)
- 2019/6/3 Tap ‘n Ghost Attack Creatively Targets Android Devices (ThreatPost)
- 2019/6/1 New attack creates ghost taps on modern Android smartphones (ZDNet)
Fake text generation
- 2018/9/17 Tired of Fake Restaurant Reviews? This AI Can Help (Science Daily)
Social Web Deanonymization
- 2018/9/19 Protecting user identity against Silhouette (Twitter official blog)
- 2018/7 Threats of attacks that identify SNS accounts, and countermeasures (NTT, NHK, and others)
Attack to voice assistant systems with directional sound beams
- 2019/12/16 How to Silently Hack a Smart Speaker By Michelle Hampson (IEEE Spectrum)
- 2018/7/27 ＩｏＴクライシス サイバー攻撃があなたの暮らしを破壊する 「ＡＩスピーカーも乗っ取り可能」 (NHK Special reporting team)
- 2018/4/6 声で家電を操作「注目集めるAIスピーカー」家電量販店、今後に期待 (Tomakomai Minpo)
- 2018/1/27 Evaluation of attacks against AI speakers (NHK, Kyodo News, and others)