Tom Van Goethem is a PhD researcher at the University of Leuven with a keen interest in web security and online privacy. In his research, Tom performs large-scale security experiments, both to analyse the presence of good and bad security practices on the web, as well as to demystify security claims. More recently, Tom started exploring side-channel attacks in the context of the web, resulting in the discovery of browser-based timing attacks. In an attempt to make the web a safer place, Tom on occasion rummages the web in search for vulnerabilities.
