Software vulnerabilities have had a devastating effect on the Internet. Worms such as
CodeRed and Slammer can compromise hundreds of thousands of hosts within hours or …

In accordance with some embodiments, systems and methods that protect an application
from attacks are provided. In some embodiments, tra? ic from a communication network is …

Worms are self-replicating malicious programs that represent a major security threat for the
Internet, as they can infect and damage a large number of vulnerable hosts at timescales …

Worm detection and response systems must act quickly to identify and quarantine scanning
worms, as when left unchecked such worms have been able to infect the majority of …

Abstract We present Shadow Honeypots, a novel hybrid architecture that combines the best
features of honeypots and anomaly detection. At a high level, we use a variety of anomaly …

We propose a reactive approach for handling a wide variety of software failures, ranging
from remotely exploitable vulnerabilities to more mundane bugs that cause abnormal …

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We present a system, RCV, for enabling software applications to survive divide-by-zero and
null-dereference errors. RCV operates directly on off-the-shelf, production, stripped x86 …

Intrusion detection systems are fundamentally passive and fail–open. Because their primary
task is classification, they do nothing to prevent an attack from succeeding. An intrusion …

Internet worms have drawn significant attention owing to their enormous threats to the
Internet. Due to the rapid spreading nature of Internet worms, it is necessary to implement …