Anatomy of a DDoS
Explore DDoS attacks: structure, evolution, and countermeasures. Learn about botnet creation, recent high-profile incidents, and ongoing efforts to combat this cybersecurity threat.
From Bot to Robot - How Abilities and Law Change with Physicality
Explore the evolving landscape of bots and robots, their impact on society, and the legal implications as they transition from digital to physical realms.
Bringing A Cannon To A Knife Fight
Explore China's Great Cannon: its inception, functionality as a Man-in-the-Middle proxy, weaponization of users, political motivations, and future implications. Learn protective measures against this powerful censorship tool.
EGO MARKET - When People's Greed for Fame Benefits Large-Scale Botnets
Uncover how botnets exploit social media for profit, using Linux/Moose 2.0 as a case study. Learn detection techniques and insights into the fake follower economy.
Improving Incentives for Cybersecurity
Exploring economic approaches to cybersecurity, analyzing incident data to improve incentives against web threats, malicious hosting, botnets, IoT vulnerabilities, and IP spoofing.
Owning Bad Guys and Mafia with Javascript Botnets
Explore mitm attacks on anonymous services and learn to create JavaScript botnets for analyzing connections, uncovering activities of malicious actors behind these services.
Million Browser Botnet
Explore how online advertising networks can be exploited to create massive browser botnets, enabling DDoS attacks, spam campaigns, and password cracking without malware or zero-day vulnerabilities.
The Internet of Things - Vulns, Botnets, and Detection
Explore vulnerabilities, botnets, and detection methods in the Internet of Things, uncovering potential risks and security challenges in connected devices.
Moving Target Defense - Learning from Hackers
Explore moving target defense techniques, their evolution from botnets, and applications in cloud computing to enhance system security against sophisticated attacks.
Detecting Botnets via DNS Traffic Analysis Using Machine Learning
Discover advanced techniques for detecting botnet-infected devices through DNS traffic analysis, combining natural language processing and machine learning for enhanced network security monitoring.
Using Throttling and Traffic Shaping to Combat Botnet Spam
Discover effective strategies for combating botnet spam through traffic shaping and throttling techniques, while understanding spammer behavior patterns and implementing practical connection management solutions.