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DTRAP’s Mentoring Program

DTRAP and ACM are committed to hearing from practitioners. To that end, DTRAP has created a paper called a Field Note, which is in essence a...

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May 31, 2022 by Leigh Metcalf Uncategorized 0

Extended Call for Papers!

Extended Call For Papers ACM Digital Threats: Research and Practice (DTRAP) Special Issue on Memory-based malware and other unconventional threats A.k.a. “These are not your grandpa’s...

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May 27, 2022 by Leigh Metcalf Uncategorized 0

Special Issue on Memory-based Malware and other Unconventional Threats

AKA: These aren’t your grandpa’s malware. Guest Editors:• Marcus Botacin, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Brazil• Ruimin Sun, Northeastern University (NEU), USA• Uriel Kosayev, Antivirus Bypass...

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May 25, 2022 by Leigh Metcalf Uncategorized 0

Offensive! Machine Learning

In 2019, some cybercriminals used Machine Learning to steal money from a company. They did it by mimicking the voice of an executive in a phone...

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February 24, 2021 by Leigh Metcalf DTRAP Journal 0

No Pie Charts without Pie

Pie charts are popular in newspapers, in magazines, and yes, even in presentations. This post is going to talk about why you should avoid pie charts...

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February 4, 2021 by Leigh Metcalf Research Issues 0

DDOS, Defense, and… Research

In my days in industry, I used to deal with the occasional DDOS.  I was even woken up by them.  Our Network Management System would think...

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January 26, 2021 by Leigh Metcalf DTRAP Journal Research Issues 0

Mean vs Median — Cage Match

This is another one of those blog posts that I hope will help you do research, it’s not necessarily about DTRAP. It’s also not directly about...

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January 20, 2021 by Leigh Metcalf Uncategorized 0

Writing Reviews — Revisited

I’ve written before about writing a review and there’s even guidelines on the DTRAP website. I wanted to revisit the topic because I think it’s useful....

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January 13, 2021 by Leigh Metcalf Uncategorized 0

Erecting a DTRAP Column

Unlike most academic journals, DTRAP has two columns.  This blog post is to talk about those columns and hopefully inspire you (my reader) to write one....

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October 26, 2020 by Leigh Metcalf DTRAP Journal 0

Writing a Review

The first time I reviewed a paper, I felt like I was back in school again.  There was a timer, a proctor, a paragraph I had...

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October 19, 2020 by Leigh Metcalf DTRAP Journal 0
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