NSDI
2008
14 years 1 months ago
2008
NSDI
2008
14 years 1 months ago
2008
In this paper we highlight a number of challenges that arise in using crawling to measure the size, topology, and dynamism of distributed botnets. These challenges include traffic...
NSDI
2008
14 years 1 months ago
2008
We develop new techniques to map botnet membership using traces of spam email. To group bots into botnets we look for multiple bots participating in the same spam email campaign. ...
NSDI
2008
14 years 1 months ago
2008
While the web provides information and services that enrich our lives in many ways, it has also become the primary vehicle for delivering malware. Once infected with web-based mal...
NSDI
2008
14 years 1 months ago
2008
Using statistical machine learning for making security decisions introduces new vulnerabilities in large scale systems. This paper shows how an adversary can exploit statistical m...
NSDI
2008
14 years 1 months ago
2008
The global network of datacenters is emerging as an important distributed systems paradigm -- commodity clusters running high-performance applications, connected by high-speed `la...
NSDI
2008
14 years 1 months ago
2008
Phishing costs Internet users billions of dollars a year. Using various data sets collected in real-time, this paper analyzes various aspects of phisher modi operandi. We examine ...
NSDI
2008
14 years 1 months ago
2008
While web pages sent over HTTP have no integrity guarantees, it is commonly assumed that such pages are not modified in transit. In this paper, we provide evidence of surprisingly...
NSDI
2008
14 years 1 months ago
2008
Large-scale network services can consist of tens of thousands of machines running thousands of unique software configurations spread across hundreds of physical networks. Testing ...
NSDI
2008
14 years 1 months ago
2008
The paper presents and evaluates Nysiad,1 a system that implements a new technique for transforming a scalable distributed system or network protocol tolerant only of crash failur...