Biography:Phillip Porras
Phillip Porras | |
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| Alma mater | University of California, Irvine |
| Known for | Conficker analysis |
| Awards | 2013 SRI Fellow |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Information security |
| Institutions | The Aerospace Corporation SRI International |
| Website | www |
Phillip A. Porras is a computer scientist and security researcher known for his work combating the Conficker worm. Porras leads the Internet Security Group in SRI International's Computer Science Laboratory.
He was previously a manager of the Trusted Computer Systems Department of The Aerospace Corporation. Porras holds 12 U.S. patents, and was named an SRI Fellow in 2013.[1]
Education
Porras attended the University of California, Irvine.
Career
Porras was an author of patents involved in the 2008 case SRI International, Inc. v. Internet Security Systems, Inc.[2]
During the Conficker worm's initial attack, Porras was running a honeypot and was one of the first security researchers to notice it; and was part of the "Conficker Cabal" that helped combat the worm.[3][4] Porras' team in SRI published an extensive analysis of the worm.[5] In 2010, Porras was a co-author of BLADE, a collaboration between SRI and Georgia Tech researchers designed to prevent drive-by download malware attacks.[6][7][8]
Awards and memberships
Porras was named an SRI Fellow in 2013 for his long-term work in information security and malware analysis, and his recent research on OpenFlow.[9]
References
- ↑ "Our People: Phillip Porras". SRI International. http://www.sri.com/about/people/phillip-porras.
- ↑ Phillip Porras. "Patent Defense". SRI International. http://www.csl.sri.com/users/porras/patent-defense.html.
- ↑ Bowden, Mark (2012-02-18). "War of the cyber worm: the most destructive attack on the internet". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/feb/19/war-cyber-worm-attack-internet.
- ↑ Bowden, Mark (2010-05-11). "The Enemy Within". The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/06/the-enemy-within/308098/.
- ↑ Phillip Porras; Hassen Saidi; Vinod Yegneswaran (2009-03-19), An Analysis of Conficker, SRI International, http://mtc.sri.com/Conficker/, retrieved 2009-03-29
- ↑ Bright, Peter (2010-10-06). "Drive-by malware blocked by new BLADE software". Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/security/2010/10/drive-by-malware-blocked-by-new-blade-software/.
- ↑ "BLADE: Secure Defense for Network Browsers". SRI International. http://www.sri.com/engage/products-solutions/blade-secure-defense-network-browsers.
- ↑ Krebs, Brian (2010-02-22). "Stopping Stealthy Downloads". Technology Review (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). http://www.technologyreview.com/news/417574/stopping-stealthy-downloads/.
- ↑ "SRI Fellows Awards 2000 - Present". SRI International. http://www.sri.com/about/awards-honors/sri-fellows-awards-2000-present.
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