Measuring Botnet Populations

Jose Nazario, May 2, 2012 | No Comments

The following is excerpted from a talk I gave at the 2012 APCERT meeting in Bali, Indonesia in March, 2012. The topic was on botnet population measurements, something that we’ve been doing for many years and has grown in importance. What do we mean when we talk about measuring botnet populations? We are trying to [...]

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ASERT, ATLAS and meaningful security capabilities

Kris Lamb, April 24, 2012 | 1 Comment

In my two years at Arbor, I have come to recognize that we have a stable of talented experts in various areas of security and networking research who have much to offer in the way of meaningful analysis and threat research. Under the leadership of Jose Nazario, Arbor Networks has invested in and grown our [...]

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DDoS Attacks on SSL: Something Old, Something New

Jonathan Lewis, April 24, 2012 | No Comments

SSL (or TLS) secures web services such as banking, online purchases, email and remote access. Popular services such as Twitter, Hotmail and Facebook are increasingly migrating to SSL to improve security and address privacy concerns. As more transactions and services are protected by SSL, DDoS attacks on SSL secured services are on the rise and [...]

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