VB2014 paper: Quantifying maliciousness in Alexa top-ranked domains

Paul Royal looks at malware served through the most popular websites.

Though

VB2014

took place nine months ago, most of the papers presented during the conference remain very relevant. Paul Royal’s paper ‘Quantifying maliciousness in Alexa top-ranked domains’ is no exception.

Large websites serving malware through direct compromises or through compromises of the ad networks they use (that being the subject of

another VB2014 presentation

) continue to make the news. Moreover, those serving the malware, typically through exploit kits, work hard to make sure that it isn’t picked up by automated scans. For that reason alone, Paul’s presentation is worth watching.

We have uploaded Paul’s presentation to our

YouTube

channel. We also published the paper he wrote, which you can read

here

in HTML format or download

here

as a PDF.

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Posted on 26 June 2015 by

Martijn Grooten