Over the last decades, numerous security and privacy issues in all three active mobile
network generations have been revealed that threaten users as well as network providers. In …

Although the launch of Internet Protocol version six (IPv6) addressed the issue of IPv4's
address depletion, but also mandated the use of Internet Control Message Protocol version …

Numerous measurement researches have been performed to discover the IPv4 network
security issues by leveraging the fast Internet-wide scanning techniques. However, IPv6 …

There is growing operational awareness of the challenges in securely operating IPv6
networks. Through a measurement study of 520,000 dual-stack servers and 25,000 dual …

In order to protect user privacy or guarantee free access to the Internet, the network covert
channel has become a hot research topic. It refers to an information channel in which the …

Today's capability of fast Internet-wide scanning allows insights into the Internet ecosystem,
but the on-going transition to the new Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) makes the approach …

MITM attacks are detected by intercepting network con figuration traffic (name resolution,
DHCP, ARP, ICMP, etc.) in order to obtain a description of network components. A computer …

The increasing diffusion of malware endowed with steganographic techniques requires to
carefully identify and evaluate a new set of threats. The creation of a covert channel to hide a …

Cellular networks are not merely data access networks to the Internet. Their distinct services
and ability to form large complex compounds for roaming purposes make them an attractive …

One way to combat denial-of-service attacks on cloud-based virtual networks is to use
unpredictable network addresses, aiming to increase attacker effort by requiring attackers to …