A key feature that distinguishes modern botnets from earlier counterparts is their increasing
use of structured overlay topologies. This lets them carry out sophisticated coordinated …

Trusting a computer for a security-sensitive task (such as checking email or banking online)
requires the user to know something about the computer's state. We examine research on …

A trusted path is a protected channel that assures the secrecy and authenticity of data
transfers between a user's input/output (I/O) device and a program trusted by that user. We …

Commodity mobile devices have been utilized as sensor nodes in a variety of domains,
including citizen journalism, mobile social services, and domestic eldercare. In each of these …

Despite the popularity of adding sensors to mobile devices, the readings provided by these
sensors cannot be trusted. Users can fabricate sensor readings with relatively little effort …

This paper examines the design and implementation of a feasible technique for performing
Digital Forensic Readiness (DFR) in cloud computing environments. The approach employs …

Trusting a computer for a security-sensitive task (such as checking email or banking online)
requires the user to know something about the computer's state. We examine research on …

This paper describes the design and implementation of a new operating system
authorization architecture to support trustworthy computing. Called logical attestation, this …

With the widespread adoption of Internet advertising, fraud has become a systemic problem.
While the existence of clickbots—malware specialized for conducting click-fraud—has been …

Studies show that a significant portion of networked computers are infected with stealthy
malware. Infection allows remote attackers to control, utilize, or spy on victim machines …