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most citedRCVaR: an Economic Approach to Estimate Cyberattacks Costs using Data from Industry Reports

24 citations · 71 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

cs.NI2026

UnlinkableDFL: A Framework for Network-Layer Unlinkability in Decentralized Federated Learning

Chao Feng, Thomas Grubl, Jan von der Assen +4

Decentralized Federated Learning (DFL) removes the central aggregator of conventional Federated Learning, but peer-to-peer model exchange still exposes network traces: who communic…

cs.CR2024

PACCOR4ESP: Embedded Device Security Attestation using Platform Attribute Certificates

Thomas Grübl, Jan von der Assen, Markus Knecht +1

Verifying the integrity of embedded device characteristics is required to ensure secure operation of a device. One central challenge is to securely extract and store device-specifi…

cs.DC2024

DART: A Solution for Decentralized Federated Learning Model Robustness Analysis

Chao Feng, Alberto Huertas Celdrán, Jan von der Assen +3

Federated Learning (FL) has emerged as a promising approach to address privacy concerns inherent in Machine Learning (ML) practices. However, conventional FL methods, particularly…

cs.CR2024

The Danger Within: Insider Threat Modeling Using Business Process Models

Jan von der Assen, Jasmin Hochuli, Thomas Grübl +1

Threat modeling has been successfully applied to model technical threats within information systems. However, a lack of methods focusing on non-technical assets and their represent…

cs.CR2024

Performance Analysis of Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks and Centralized Clouds

Jan von der Assen, Christian Killer, Alessandro De Carli +1

The advent of Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN) represents a shift in the digital infrastructure of today's Internet. While Centralized Service Providers (CSP)…

cs.CR2024★ 1 cited

Asset-centric Threat Modeling for AI-based Systems

Jan von der Assen, Jamo Sharif, Chao Feng +3

Threat modeling is a popular method to securely develop systems by achieving awareness of potential areas of future damage caused by adversaries. However, threat modeling for syste…

cs.CR2024★ 1 cited

QuantTM: Business-Centric Threat Quantification for Risk Management and Cyber Resilience

Jan von der Assen, Muriel F. Franco, Muyao Dong +1

Threat modeling has emerged as a key process for understanding relevant threats within businesses. However, understanding the importance of threat events is rarely driven by the bu…

cs.CR2024★ 1 cited

GuardFS: a File System for Integrated Detection and Mitigation of Linux-based Ransomware

Jan von der Assen, Chao Feng, Alberto Huertas Celdrán +3

Although ransomware has received broad attention in media and research, this evolving threat vector still poses a systematic threat. Related literature has explored their detection…

cs.CR2023★ 2 cited

CyberForce: A Federated Reinforcement Learning Framework for Malware Mitigation

Chao Feng, Alberto Huertas Celdran, Pedro Miguel Sanchez Sanchez +5

Recent research has shown that the integration of Reinforcement Learning (RL) with Moving Target Defense (MTD) can enhance cybersecurity in Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. Nevert…

cs.CR2023★ 24 cited

RCVaR: an Economic Approach to Estimate Cyberattacks Costs using Data from Industry Reports

Muriel Figueredo Franco, Fabian Künzler, Jan von der Assen +2

Digitization increases business opportunities and the risk of companies being victims of devastating cyberattacks. Therefore, managing risk exposure and cybersecurity strategies is…

cs.CR2023★ 6 cited

RansomAI: AI-powered Ransomware for Stealthy Encryption

Jan von der Assen, Alberto Huertas Celdrán, Janik Luechinger +4

Cybersecurity solutions have shown promising performance when detecting ransomware samples that use fixed algorithms and encryption rates. However, due to the current explosion of…

cs.CR2023★ 2 cited

MTFS: a Moving Target Defense-Enabled File System for Malware Mitigation

Jan von der Assen, Alberto Huertas Celdrán, Rinor Sefa +2

Ransomware has remained one of the most notorious threats in the cybersecurity field. Moving Target Defense (MTD) has been proposed as a novel paradigm for proactive defense. Altho…

cs.CR2022★ 21 cited

RL and Fingerprinting to Select Moving Target Defense Mechanisms for Zero-day Attacks in IoT

Alberto Huertas Celdrán, Pedro Miguel Sánchez Sánchez, Jan von der Assen +4

Cybercriminals are moving towards zero-day attacks affecting resource-constrained devices such as single-board computers (SBC). Assuming that perfect security is unrealistic, Movin…

cs.CR2022★ 13 cited

A Lightweight Moving Target Defense Framework for Multi-purpose Malware Affecting IoT Devices

Jan von der Assen, Alberto Huertas Celdrán, Pedro Miguel Sánchez Sánchez +4

Malware affecting Internet of Things (IoT) devices is rapidly growing due to the relevance of this paradigm in real-world scenarios. Specialized literature has also detected a tren…