Ready or Not?
Several days ago, I finally handed in my dissertation with the title "Tracking and Mitigation of Malicious Remote Control Networks". The thesis was reviewed by Prof. Freiling and Prof. Kruegel and my defense is at the end of the month. The thesis itself deals with different methods to study malicious remote control networks, i.e., a mechanism that enables an attacker the control over a large number of compromised machines for illicit activities. Typical examples of this kind of remote control networks are botnets and fast-flux service networks. The thesis summarizes the work from the last few years and the resulting publications.
Once my defense is over I will post a link to my thesis, it is not yet public. For now I'm really happy that my PhD studies are (almost) over, looking forward to new challenges in the future :-)
And another good news arrived today via e-mail:
Once my defense is over I will post a link to my thesis, it is not yet public. For now I'm really happy that my PhD studies are (almost) over, looking forward to new challenges in the future :-)
And another good news arrived today via e-mail:
On behalf of the 18th USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX Security '09) program committee, I am delighted to inform you that your paper #108 has been accepted to appear in the conference.
Title: Return-Oriented Rootkits: Bypassing Kernel Code Integrity
Protection Mechanisms
Authors: Ralf Hund (University of Mannheim)
Thorsten Holz (University of Mannheim)
Felix Freiling (University of Mannheim)
This year's selection process was very selective, and your paper was one of only 26 papers accepted out of 176 submissions. Congratulations!
