Antivirus software is one of the most widely used tools for detecting and stopping malicious and unwanted files. However, the long term effectiveness of traditional hostbased anti...
By exploiting the object-oriented dynamic composability of modern document applications and formats, malcode hidden in otherwise inconspicuous documents can reach third-party appli...
Wei-Jen Li, Salvatore J. Stolfo, Angelos Stavrou, ...
Botnets, networks of malware-infected machines that are controlled by an adversary, are the root cause of a large number of security problems on the Internet. A particularly sophi...
Brett Stone-Gross, Marco Cova, Bob Gilbert, Richar...
Abstract. With the widespread adoption of Internet advertising, fraud has become a systemic problem. While the existence of clickbots—malware specialized for conducting click-fra...
Brad Miller, Paul Pearce, Chris Grier, Christian K...
Large-scale attacks generated by fast-spreading or stealthy malicious mobile code, such as flash worms and e-mail viruses, demand new approaches to patch management and disinfecti...