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SUMMARY:Hacking is not random: a case-control study of webserver-compromis
 e risk - Marie Vasek\, PhD student in the Computer Science and Engineering
  department\, Southern Methodist University (SMU)
DTSTART:20141119T150500Z
DTEND:20141119T160500Z
UID:TALK55733@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Laurent Simon
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:*\nEach month many thousands of websites are comprom
 ised by criminals and repurposed to host phishing websites\, distribute ma
 lware\, and peddle counterfeit goods. Despite the substantial harm imposed
 \, the number of infected websites has remained stubbornly high. In this t
 alk we describe a case-control study to identify risk factors that are ass
 ociated with higher rates of webserver compromise. Surprisingly\, we find 
 that webservers running outdated software are less likely to be compromise
 d than those running up-to date software. We then examine what happens to 
 webservers following compromise. We find that under 5% of hacked WordPress
  websites are subsequently updated\, but those that do are recompromised a
 bout half as often as those that do not update.\n\n*Bio:*\nMarie Vasek is 
 a PhD student in the computer science department at Southern Methodist Uni
 versity and the research scientist at StopBadware. Her research interests 
 include security economics and cybercrime\, particularly web-based malware
 .
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 2\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building
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