Leyla Bilge

Most-cited papers

Before we knew it: an empirical study of zero-day attacks in the real world
Leyla Bilge, Tudor Dumitras
2012Conference on Computer and Communications Security746 citations
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EXPOSURE: Finding Malicious Domains Using Passive DNS Analysis
Leyla Bilge, E. Kirda, C. Krügel, Marco Balduzzi
2011Network and Distributed System Security Symposium674 citations
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Cutting the Gordian Knot: A Look Under the Hood of Ransomware Attacks
Amin Kharraz, William K. Robertson, D. Balzarotti, Leyla Bilge +1 more
2015International Conference on Detection of intrusions and malware, and vulnerability assessment463 citations
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Exposure: A Passive DNS Analysis Service to Detect and Report Malicious Domains
Leyla Bilge, S. Şen, D. Balzarotti, E. Kirda +1 more
2014TSEC334 citations
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Disclosure: detecting botnet command and control servers through large-scale NetFlow analysis
Leyla Bilge, D. Balzarotti, William K. Robertson, E. Kirda +1 more
2012Asia-Pacific Computer Systems Architecture Conference314 citations
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G-Free: defeating return-oriented programming through gadget-less binaries
Kaan Onarlioglu, Leyla Bilge, A. Lanzi, D. Balzarotti +1 more
2010Asia-Pacific Computer Systems Architecture Conference284 citations
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Automatically Generating Models for Botnet Detection
Peter Wurzinger, Leyla Bilge, Thorsten Holz, Jan Goebel +2 more
2009European Symposium on Research in Computer Security204 citations
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Can I Opt Out Yet?: GDPR and the Global Illusion of Cookie Control
Iskander Sánchez-Rola, Matteo Dell'Amico, Platon Kotzias, D. Balzarotti +3 more
2019ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security200 citations
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The Attack of the Clones: A Study of the Impact of Shared Code on Vulnerability Patching
Antonio Nappa, Richard B. Johnson, Leyla Bilge, Juan Caballero +1 more
2015IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy173 citations Open access
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The Dropper Effect: Insights into Malware Distribution with Downloader Graph Analytics
Bum Jun Kwon, Jayanta Mondal, Ji-Yong Jang, Leyla Bilge +1 more
2015Conference on Computer and Communications Security123 citations
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Does Every Second Count? Time-based Evolution of Malware Behavior in Sandboxes
Alexander Kuechler, Alessandro Mantovani, Yu-Fei Han, Leyla Bilge +1 more
2021Network and Distributed System Security Symposium95 citations Open access
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RiskTeller: Predicting the Risk of Cyber Incidents
Leyla Bilge, Yu-Fei Han, Matteo Dell'Amico
2017Conference on Computer and Communications Security94 citations
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The Tangled Genealogy of IoT Malware
Emanuele Cozzi, Pierre-Antoine Vervier, Matteo Dell'Amico, Yun Shen +2 more
2020Asia-Pacific Computer Systems Architecture Conference89 citations
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Needles in a Haystack: Mining Information from Public Dynamic Analysis Sandboxes for Malware Intelligence
Mariano Graziano, D. Canali, Leyla Bilge, A. Lanzi +1 more
2015USENIX Security Symposium76 citations
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Industrial Espionage and Targeted Attacks: Understanding the Characteristics of an Escalating Threat
Olivier Thonnard, Leyla Bilge, G. O'Gorman, Seán Kiernan +1 more
2012International Symposium on Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection75 citations
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Measuring PUP Prevalence and PUP Distribution through Pay-Per-Install Services
Platon Kotzias, Leyla Bilge, Juan Caballero
2016USENIX Security Symposium74 citations
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Decoding the Secrets of Machine Learning in Malware Classification: A Deep Dive into Datasets, Feature Extraction, and Model Performance
Savino Dambra, Yufei Han, Simone Aonzo, Platon Kotzias +4 more
2023Conference on Computer and Communications Security64 citations Open access
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On the effectiveness of risk prediction based on users browsing behavior
D. Canali, Leyla Bilge, D. Balzarotti
2014ACM Asia Conference on Computer and Communications Security61 citations
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SoK: Cyber Insurance – Technical Challenges and a System Security Roadmap
Savino Dambra, Leyla Bilge, D. Balzarotti
2020IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy50 citations Open access
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Mind Your Own Business: A Longitudinal Study of Threats and Vulnerabilities in Enterprises
Platon Kotzias, Leyla Bilge, Pierre-Antoine Vervier, Juan Caballero
2019Network and Distributed System Security Symposium44 citations Open access
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Journey to the Center of the Cookie Ecosystem: Unraveling Actors' Roles and Relationships
Iskander Sánchez-Rola, Matteo Dell'Amico, D. Balzarotti, Pierre-Antoine Vervier +1 more
2021IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy38 citations Open access
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How Did That Get In My Phone? Unwanted App Distribution on Android Devices
Platon Kotzias, Juan Caballero, Leyla Bilge
2020IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy38 citations Open access
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When Sally Met Trackers: Web Tracking From the Users' Perspective
Savino Dambra, Iskander Sánchez-Rola, Leyla Bilge, D. Balzarotti
2022USENIX Security Symposium37 citations
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CAPTCHA smuggling: hijacking web browsing sessions to create CAPTCHA farms
Manuel Egele, Leyla Bilge, E. Kirda, Christopher Krügel
2010ACM Symposium on Applied Computing37 citations
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When Malware Changed Its Mind An Empirical Study of Variable Program Behaviors in the Real World
Erin Avllazagaj, Ziyun Zhu, Leyla Bilge, D. Balzarotti +1 more
36 citations
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Are You at Risk? Profiling Organizations and Individuals Subject to Targeted Attacks
Olivier Thonnard, Leyla Bilge, Anand Kashyap, M. Lee
2015Financial Cryptography30 citations
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Unsupervised Detection and Clustering of Malicious TLS Flows
Gibran Gómez, Platon Kotzias, Matteo Dell'Amico, Leyla Bilge +1 more
2021Security and Communication Networks23 citations Open access
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Lean On Me: Mining Internet Service Dependencies From Large-Scale DNS Data
Matteo Dell'Amico, Leyla Bilge, Ashwin Kumar Kayyoor, P. Efstathopoulos +1 more
2017Asia-Pacific Computer Systems Architecture Conference22 citations
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Scamdog Millionaire: Detecting E-commerce Scams in the Wild
Platon Kotzias, Kevin A. Roundy, Michalis Pachilakis, Iskander Sánchez-Rola +1 more
2023Asia-Pacific Computer Systems Architecture Conference15 citations Open access
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Domain and Website Attribution beyond WHOIS
Silvia Sebastián, Raluca-Georgia Diugan, Juan Caballero, Iskander Sánchez-Rola +1 more
2023Asia-Pacific Computer Systems Architecture Conference13 citations Open access
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Rods with Laser Beams: Understanding Browser Fingerprinting on Phishing Pages
Iskander Sánchez-Rola, Leyla Bilge, D. Balzarotti, Armin Buescher +1 more
2023USENIX Security Symposium11 citations
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Investigating Zero-Day Attacks
Leyla Bilge, Tudor Dumitras
2013Login: The Usenix Magazine10 citations
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Thwarting real-time dynamic unpacking
Leyla Bilge, A. Lanzi, D. Balzarotti
2011European Workshop on System Security10 citations Open access
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Ctrl+Alt+Deceive: Quantifying User Exposure to Online Scams
Platon Kotzias, Michalis Pachilakis, Javier Aldana Iuit, Juan Caballero +2 more
2025Network and Distributed System Security Symposium8 citations Open access
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Spearphishing Malware: Do We Really Know the Unknown?
Yanko Baychev, Leyla Bilge
2018International Conference on Detection of intrusions and malware, and vulnerability assessment8 citations
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A Comparison of Systemic and Systematic Risks of Malware Encounters in Consumer and Enterprise Environments
Savino Dambra, Leyla Bilge, D. Balzarotti
2022ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security6 citations Open access
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One Size Does not Fit All: Quantifying the Risk of Malicious App Encounters for Different Android User Profiles
Savino Dambra, Leyla Bilge, Platon Kotzias, Yun Shen +1 more
2023arXiv.org3 citations Open access
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Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment: 17th International Conference, DIMVA 2020, Lisbon, Portugal, June 24–26, 2020, Proceedings
Clémentine Maurice, Leyla Bilge, G. Stringhini, N. Neves +2 more
2020International Conference on Detection of intrusions and malware, and vulnerability assessment3 citations Open access
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Quantifying Carbon Emissions due to Online Third-Party Tracking
Michalis Pachilakis, Savino Dambra, Iskander Sánchez-Rola, Leyla Bilge
2023arXiv.org2 citations Open access
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A summary of two practical attacks against social networks
Leyla Bilge, Marco Balduzzi, D. Balzarotti, E. Kirda
20112 citations
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When Malware Changed Its Mind: An Empirical Study of Variable Program Behaviors in the Real World
Erin Avllazagaj, Ziyun Zhu, Leyla Bilge, D. Balzarotti +1 more
2021USENIX Security Symposium1 citations
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Network-based botnet detection
Leyla Bilge
20111 citations
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Measuring and Evaluating the Performance of Generative Ai Models for Scam Detection
Cem Topcuoglu, Seyed Ali Akhavani, Harel Berger, Sadia Afroz +4 more
2026Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference0 citations Open access
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SECURITY Investigating Zero-Day Attacks
Leyla Bilge, Tudor Dumitras
20130 citations
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Detecting Bots with Automatically Generated Network Signatures
Leyla Bilge, J. Goebel, Thorsten Holz, E. Kirda +2 more
20100 citations
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GENERATING CONTENT-BASED SIGNATURES FOR DETECTING BOT-INFECTED MACHINES
Leyla Bilge
20080 citations
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