Malware
Introductions
- introductions of two students
Questions on the readings
The readings today are from Computer Security and the Internet, Chapter 7, skimming the chapter.
Key concepts
See Chapter 7 slides for lecture material.
Extra Reading
Worms
Undecidability of malware detection
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How to Teach the Undecidability of Malware Detection Problem and Halting Problem
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a more formal proof of the undecidability of malware detection is given by Cohen
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Undecidable Problems in Malware Analysis
- in other words, CS 252 actually is an important class :-)
Spam campaigns
- Spamalytics: An Empirical Analysis of Spam Marketing Conversion — a paper that measures the effectiveness of a spam campaign by infiltrating a botnet
- Click Trajectories: End-to-End Analysis of the Spam Value Chain — a paper that analyzes the resources used to monetize a spam campaign, see especially Figure 1
Account hijacking
- Hack for Hire: Exploring the Emerging Market for Account Hijacking — a paper that examines the effectiveness of hiring someone to hack an account, by posing as a buyer