Worldwide Observatory of Malicious Behaviors and Attack Threats

01.01.2008 - 30.04.2011
Research funding project
The WOMBAT project aims at providing new means to understand the existing and emerging threats that are targeting the Internet economy and the net citizens. To reach this goal, the proposal includes three key Workpackages: (i) real time gathering of a diverse set of security related raw data, (ii) enrichment of this input by means of various analysis techniques, and (iii) root cause identification and understanding of the phenomena under scrutiny. The acquired datasets and knowledge will be shared with all interested security actors (ISPs, CERTs, security vendors, etc.), enabling them to make sound security investment decisions and to focus on the most dangerous activities first. Special care will also be devoted to impact the level of confidence of the European citizens in the net economy by leveraging computer security awareness in Europe thanks to the gained expertise.

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Grant funds

  • European Commission (EU) FP7 I.3 COOPERATION Information and Communication Technologies 7.Rahmenprogramm für Forschung European Commission - Framework Programme European Commission Application number 216026

Research focus

  • Computer Engineering: 10%
  • Distributed and Parallel Systems: 55%
  • Business Informatics: 25%
  • Telecommunication: 10%

Keywords

GermanEnglish
SicherheitSafety
MalwareMalicious Code

External partner

  • FRANCE TELECOM SA
  • INSTITUT EURECOM
  • VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS, WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG
  • HISPASEC SISTEMAS S.L.
  • SYMANTEC LIMITED
  • INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH
  • NAUKOWA I AKADEMICKA SIEC KOMPUTEROWA
  • FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY - HELLAS
  • Politecnico di Milano

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