In this paper we explore the problem of creating vulnerability signatures. A vulnerability signature matches all exploits of a given vulnerability, even polymorphic or metamorphic...
David Brumley, James Newsome, Dawn Xiaodong Song, ...
Large-scale attacks, such as those launched by worms and zombie farms, pose a serious threat to our network-centric society. Existing approaches such as software patches are simpl...
Network worms are a clear and growing threat to the security of today's Internet-connected hosts and networks. The combination of the Internet's unrestricted connectivit...
Sumeet Singh, Cristian Estan, George Varghese, Ste...
Malware is software with malicious intent. Besides viruses and worms, spyware, adware, and other newer forms of malware have recently emerged as widely-spread threats to system se...
Francis Hsu, Hao Chen, Thomas Ristenpart, Jason Li...
Software vulnerabilities have been the main contributing factor to the Internet security problems such as fast spreading worms. Among these software vulnerabilities, memory corrup...