Cyber reconnaissance techniques Page 1 86 COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM | MARCH 2021
| VOL. 64 | NO. 3 review articles IMA GE B Y DE S TROL O VE ALMOST EVERY DAY, security …

Adversaries are often able to penetrate networks and compromise systems by exploiting
vulnerabilities in people and systems. The key to the success of these attacks is information …

We identify a timing channel in the floating point instructions of modern x86 processors: the
running time of floating point addition and multiplication instructions can vary by two orders …

Anti-malware agents typically communicate with their remote services to share information
about suspicious files. These remote services use their up-to-date information and global …

The security of modern computer systems heavily depends on security tools, especially on
antivirus software solutions. In the anti‐malware research community, development of …

In its latest comparison of Android Virus Detectors (AVDs), the independent lab AV-TEST
reports that they have around 95% malware detection rate. This only indicates that current …

While different works tested antiviruses (AVs) resilience to obfuscation techniques, no work
studied AVs looking at the big picture, that is including their modern components (eg …

Cyber security is a major concern of computing systems. Different security controls are
developed to mitigate or prevent cyber attacks. Such controls include cryptography, firewalls …

It is well accepted that basic protection against common cyber threats is important, so it is
recommended to have antivirus (AV). However, what price do users pay in terms of …

Cryptographic ransomware encrypts files on a computer system, thereby blocks access to
victim's data, until a ransom is paid. The quick return in revenue together with the practical …