Complementary to the fancy big data applications, networking for big data is an
indispensable supporting platform for these applications in practice. This emerging research …

Attacks over the Internet are becoming more and more complex and sophisticated. How to
detect security threats and measure the security of the Internet arises a significant research …

Worm containment must be automatic because worms can spread too fast for humans to
respond. Recent work has proposed network-level techniques to automate worm …

A method and system of detecting a malicious and/or botnet-related domain name,
comprising: reviewing a domain name used in Domain Name System (DNS) traffic in a …

A system and method for detecting a first network of compromised computers in a second
network of computers, comprising: collecting Domain Name System (DNS) data for the …

In accordance with some embodiments, systems and methods that protect an application
from attacks are provided. In some embodiments, traffic from a communication network is …

The development of techniques for quantitative, model-based evaluation of computer system
dependability has a long and rich history. A wide array of model-based evaluation …

A “botnet” consists of a network of compromised computers controlled by an attacker
(“botmaster”). Recently, botnets have become the root cause of many Internet attacks. To be …

Time zones play an important and unexplored role in malware epidemics. To understand
how time and location affect malware spread dynamics, we studied botnets, or large …

Worms are self-replicating malicious programs that represent a major security threat for the
Internet, as they can infect and damage a large number of vulnerable hosts at timescales …