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As we work towards understanding the preferences of cyberattackers, our analysis focuses on three categories of features: registration attributes (including domain pricing, payment methods, API access, and free services), proactive verification (such as registrant information validation and registration restrictions), and reactive security practices (malicious domain uptimes).
Read more about the feature selection in our blog.
Last year, UNIMOC together with partners (ORANGE Polska SA, PDMFC LDA, and NovaForensic) kicked off the ThreatChase project with the aim to create an open platform for protection against phishing.
The proposed platform will improve cybersecurity capabilities across the EU, notably for SMEs and public organizations by providing the essential information needed to identify and block malicious traffic before it reaches their networks. It can help organizations to detect and respond to cyberattacks more quickly based on real-time threat intelligence, allowing them to identify when their systems are being targeted by attackers and take appropriate action.
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The INFERMAL research project will unfold in three phases. In Phase 1 (November 2023), researchers will map abusive domains from blocklists to their registration information. Phase 2 (July 2024) will analyze proactive security measures, including how registrars validate user data and respond to abuse notifications. The final phase (September 2024) will culminate in a research paper using generalized linear modeling to identify key factors driving domain abuse and propose recommendations for mitigation.
More about our next steps in this blog.
UNIMOC has become an official supporter of the 9th International Workshop on Traffic Measurements for Cybersecurity (WTMC 2024). The workshop is co-located with the 9th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE EuroS&P 2024) in Vienna, Austria and will take place on Monday, July 8, 2024. The workshop aims to address the complexities of modern communication networks and their evolving cybersecurity challenges through traffic measurements. It provides a platform for researchers and industry experts to present their latest findings and discuss the impact of traffic measurements on cybersecurity. Key topics include incident response, cyber attack measurements, security of web-based services, and the economics of cybersecurity. Submissions are accepted in various formats and will undergo rigorous peer review, with accepted papers published in IEEE Xplore. For further details, please visit the oficial website.
The ThreatChase project funded by the European Union under Grant Agreement No. 101128042 and supported by the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre started on October 1, 2023. It aims at developing an innovative platform to improve cybersecurity preparedness by offering two services: i) the service of structured data on malicious URLs and domain names used in phishing and ii) the service for phishing mitigation and notification of credentials (email addresses and passwords) stolen for instance as a result of phishing that have appeared in data leaks. The consortium includes UNIMOC SAS (coordinator), ORANGE Polska SA, PDMFC LDA, and NovaForensic.
The INFERMAL project aims to systematically analyze the preferences of cyberattackers when registering domains for malicious activities. Led by Dr. Maciej Korczyński, the research team will study factors like pricing, payment methods, and registration restrictions to identify patterns in attackers' behaviour. The findings will help registrars and registries develop better anti-abuse practices and ultimately create a more secure namespace for all.
Read more in our blog.