The constant increase in link speeds and number of threats poses challenges to network
intrusion detection systems (NIDS), which must cope with higher traffic throughput and perform …

The expressive power of regular expressions has been often exploited in network intrusion
detection systems, virus scanners, and spam filtering applications. However, the flexible …

Network intrusion detection systems are faced with the challenge of identifying diverse
attacks, in extremely high speed networks. For this reason, they must operate at multi-Gigabit …

Graphics processing units (GPUs) are a powerful platform for building high-speed network
traffic processing applications using low-cost hardware. Existing systems tap the massively …

Malware writers constantly seek new methods to increase the infection lifetime of their
malicious software. To that end, techniques such as code unpacking and polymorphism have …

Keyloggers are a prominent class of malware that harvests sensitive data by recording any
typed in information. Keylogger implementations strive to hide their presence using rootkit-…

Protecting the confidentiality of cryptographic keys in the event of partial or full system
compromise is crucial for containing the impact of attacks. The Heartbleed vulnerability of April …

In the ongoing arms race against malware, antivirus software is at the forefront, as one of
the most important defense tools in our arsenal. Antivirus software is flexible enough to be …

Pattern matching is a highly computationally intensive operation used in a plethora of
applications. Unfortunately, due to the ever increasing storage capacity and link speeds, the …

The proliferation of web applications has essentially transformed modern browsers into small
but powerful operating systems. Upon visiting a website, user devices run implicitly trusted …