Analyzing and defending against web-based malware
Abstract
Web-based malware is a growing threat to today's Internet security. Attacks of this type are prevalent and lead to serious security consequences. Millions of malicious URLs are used as distribution channels to propagate malware all over the Web. After being infected, victim systems fall in the control of attackers, who can utilize them for various cyber crimes such as stealing credentials, spamming, and distributed denial-of-service attacks. Moreover, it has been observed that traditional security technologies such as firewalls and intrusion detection systems have only limited capability to mitigate this new problem.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2013
- Source ID
- 10.1145/2501654.2501663
Entities
People
- Andrew G. West
- Insup Lee
- Jian Chang
- Krishna K. Venkatasubramanian
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- University of Pennsylvania