Over the last five years there has been an increase in the frequency and diversity of network
attacks. This holds true, as more and more organizations admit compromises on a daily …

Cyber attacks are increasingly menacing businesses. Based on the literature review and
publicly available reports, this article conducts an extensive and consistent survey of the …

The proliferation of computers in any domain is followed by the proliferation of malware in
that domain. Systems, including the latest mobile platforms, are laden with viruses, rootkits …

This chapter documents what we believe to be the first systematic study of the costs of
cybercrime. The initial workshop paper was prepared in response to a request from the UK …

Can machine learning techniques solve our computer security problems and finally put an
end to the cat-and-mouse game between attackers and defenders? Or is this hope merely …

Similar to criminals in the physical world, cyber-criminals use a variety of illegal and immoral
means to achieve monetary gains. Recently, malware known as ransomware started to …

Mobile malware is rapidly becoming a serious threat. In this paper, we survey the current
state of mobile malware in the wild. We analyze the incentives behind 46 pieces of iOS …

As the world becomes increasingly connected, it is also more exposed to a myriad of cyber
threats. We need to use multiple types of tools and techniques to learn and understand the …

We present the Crossfire attack--a powerful attack that degrades and often cuts off network
connections to a variety of selected server targets (eg, servers of an enterprise, a city, a …

In 2012 we presented the first systematic study of the costs of cybercrime. In this paper, we
report what has changed in the seven years since. The period has seen major platform …