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 …

Cybercriminal activity has exploded in the past decade, with diverse threats ranging from
phishing attacks to botnets and drive-by-downloads afflicting millions of computers …

Botnets currently pose the most serious threat to the digital ecosystem, providing an
infrastructure that enables bank fraud, distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS), and click …

With the rise of IoT botnets, the remediation of infected devices has become a critical task.
As over 87% of these devices reside in broadband networks, this task will fall primarily to …

Malware threat poses consequences, damage, and impact to businesses, resulting in
financial losses, operation interruption and reputation damage. The cybercriminal takes …

Abstract Private sector Active Cyber Defence (ACD) lies on the intersection of domestic
security and international security and is a recurring subject, often under the more …

For the mitigation of compromised Internet of Things (IoT) devices we rely on Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) and their users. Given that devices are in the hands of their …

A lot of research has been devoted to understanding the technical properties of amplification
DDoS attacks and the emergence of the DDoS-as-a-service economy, especially the so …

In the fight to clean up malware-infected machines, notifications from Internet Service
Providers (ISPs) to their customers play a crucial role. Since stand-alone notifications are …

Access control configurations are gatekeepers to block unwelcome access to sensitive data.
Unfortunately, system administrators (sysadmins) sometimes over-grant permissions when …