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IJNSEC
2010
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Detecting Connection-Chains: A Data Mining Approach
A connection-chain refers to a mechanism in which someone recursively logs into a host, then from there logs into another host, and so on. Connection-chains represent an important...
Ahmad Almulhem, Issa Traoré
FI
2010
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13 years 8 months ago
Improving Anomaly Detection for Text-Based Protocols by Exploiting Message Structures
: Service platforms using text-based protocols need to be protected against attacks. Machine-learning algorithms with pattern matching can be used to detect even previously unknown...
Martin Güthle, Jochen Kögel, Stefan Wahl...
USS
2010
13 years 8 months ago
BotGrep: Finding P2P Bots with Structured Graph Analysis
A key feature that distinguishes modern botnets from earlier counterparts is their increasing use of structured overlay topologies. This lets them carry out sophisticated coordina...
Shishir Nagaraja, Prateek Mittal, Chi-Yao Hong, Ma...
TMI
2002
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13 years 10 months ago
Edge Displacement Field-Based Classification for Improved Detection of Polyps in CT Colonography
Colorectal cancer can easily be prevented provided that the precursors to tumors, small colonic polyps, are detected and removed. Currently, the only definitive examination of the ...
Burak Acar, Christopher F. Beaulieu, Salih Burak G...
ISF
2008
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13 years 10 months ago
An OVAL-based active vulnerability assessment system for enterprise computer networks
Abstract Many security problems are caused by vulnerabilities hidden in enterprise computer networks. It is very important for system administrators to have knowledge about the sec...
Xiuzhen Chen, Qinghua Zheng, Xiaohong Guan
NIPS
2001
14 years 6 days ago
Fast and Robust Classification using Asymmetric AdaBoost and a Detector Cascade
This paper develops a new approach for extremely fast detection in domains where the distribution of positive and negative examples is highly skewed (e.g. face detection or databa...
Paul A. Viola, Michael J. Jones
AAAI
2006
14 years 7 days ago
When Gossip is Good: Distributed Probabilistic Inference for Detection of Slow Network Intrusions
Intrusion attempts due to self-propagating code are becoming an increasingly urgent problem, in part due to the homogeneous makeup of the internet. Recent advances in anomalybased...
Denver Dash, Branislav Kveton, John Mark Agosta, E...
DIM
2008
ACM
14 years 18 days ago
Quantifying the security of preference-based authentication
We describe a technique aimed at addressing longstanding problems for password reset: security and cost. In our approach, users are authenticated using their preferences. Experime...
Markus Jakobsson, Liu Yang, Susanne Wetzel
ICARIS
2007
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Defence Against 802.11 DoS Attacks Using Artificial Immune System
In this paper we present an Artificial Immune System (AIS) based security framework, which prevents a number of serious Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. The proposed security frame...
M. Zubair Shafiq, Muddassar Farooq
ESORICS
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
An Effective Method for Combating Malicious Scripts Clickbots
Abstract. Online advertising has been suffering serious click fraud problem. Fraudulent publishers can generate false clicks using malicious scripts embedded in their web pages. Ev...
Yanlin Peng, Linfeng Zhang, J. Morris Chang, Yong ...