Crypto ransomware is a type of malware that locks access to user files by encrypting them
and demands a ransom in order to obtain the decryption key. This type of malware has …

Users' demands have dramatically increased due to widespread availability of broadband
access and new Internet avenues for accessing, sharing and working with information. In …

This paper presents Packet Family Queue (PFQ), a high-performance framework for packet
processing designed to flexibly handle network applications parallelism and making traffic …

The evolution of commodity hardware makes it possible to use this type of equipment to
implement traffic monitoring systems. A preliminary empirical evaluation of a network traffic …

Incoming 5G networks will evolve regarding how they operate due to the use of virtualization
technologies. Network functions that are necessary for communication will be virtual and will …

Monitoring the evolution of the state of networks is an important issue to ensure that many
applications provide the required quality of service. The first step in network-monitoring …

The large availability of multi-gigabit network cards for commodity PCs requires network
applications to potentially cope with high volumes of traffic. However, computation intensive …

The maturity of the telecommunications market and the fact that user demands increase
every day leaves network operators no option but to deploy high-speed infrastructures and …

Network packets record communication behaviors and details, which is important for security
audits, attack detection, and forensic analysis. For the effectiveness and timeliness of …

Payload attribution systems (PAS) are one of the most important tools of network forensics
for detecting an offender after the occurrence of a cybercrime. A PAS stores the network …