Malicious botnets have become a common threat and pervade large parts of the Internet
today. Existing surveys and taxonomies focus on botnet topologies, command and control …

Currently, WHOIS is the main method for identifying which company or individual owns a
domain or website. But, WHOIS usefulness is limited due to privacy protection services and …

Cybersecurity is an ever-changing landscape. The threats of the future are hard to predict
and even harder to prepare for. This paper presents work designed to prepare for the …

Command and control (C2) paths for issuing commands to malware are sometimes the only
indicators of its existence within networks. Identifying potential C2 channels is often a …

The just concluded 16th edition of the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report has
ranked Cybersecurity failure as a significant global threat. This awakening is not surprising …

To address continuously increasing cyber threats, security professionals within
organizations are fortifying internal security by implementing security policies such as …

In this paper we present a new approach for identifying the crypto routines in different types
of malware. In traditional malware analysis, like sandboxing, network data is examined as …

The command & control (c&c) protocols of botnets are moving away from plaintext IRC
communicationt towards encrypted and obfuscated protocols. In general, these protocols are …

In the course of the last years, there has been an established forensic process in place
known by every investigator and researcher. This traditional process is regarded to produce …

This paper presents a paradigm for automating penetration testing for the purpose of
retesting systems to ensure that previously detected issues have not been reintroduced. This …