Context One of the main targets of cyber-attacks is data exfiltration, which is the leakage of
sensitive or private data to an unauthorized entity. Data exfiltration can be perpetrated by an …

The cloud computing infrastructure relies on virtualized servers that provide isolation across
guest OS's through sand boxing. This isolation was demonstrated to be imperfect in past …

Traffic analysis (TA) is a useful tool aimed at understanding network traffic behavior. Basic
network administration often takes advantage of TA for purposes such as security, intrusion …

Cloud computing enables users to consume various IT resources in an on-demand manner,
and with low management overhead. However, customers can face new security risks when …

Cloud services keep gaining popularity despite the security concerns. While non-sensitive
data is easily trusted to cloud, security critical data and applications are not. The main …

Public infrastructure-as-a-service clouds, such as Amazon EC2, Google Compute Engine
(GCE) and Microsoft Azure allow clients to run virtual machines (VMs) on shared physical …

With the increasing proliferation of Internet-of-Things (IoT) in our daily lives, security and
trustworthiness are key considerations in designing computing devices. A vast majority of …

It has been six years since Ristenpart et al. demonstrated the viability of co-location and
provided the first concrete evidence for sensitive information leakage on a commercial …

As the most basic cloud service model, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) has been widely
used for serving the evergrowing computing demand due to the prevalence of the cloud …

New data processing pipelines and novel network architectures increasingly drive the
success of deep learning. In consequence, the industry considers top-performing …