I am Professor at the Design and Analysis of Communication Systems (DACS) group at the University of Twente.
My research interests are network monitoring, intrusion detection, network security, and network management.
For more info, visit my website at http://annasperotto.org/
Expertise
Computer Science
- Attack
- Domain Name System
- Internet
- Service
- Domains
- Denial of Service Attack
- Detection
- Management Infrastructure
Organisations
Ancillary activities
- European UnionEU expert group
Publications
2024
Victimization in DDoS Attacks: The Role of Popularity and Industry Sector (2024)Computers & Security (Submitted). Haq, M. Y. M., Affinito, A., Botta, A., Sperotto, A., Nieuwenhuis, L. J. M., Jonker, M. & Abhishta, A.Swamp of Reflectors: Investigating the Ecosystem of Open DNS Resolvers (2024)In Passive and Active Measurement - 25th International Conference, PAM 2024, Proceedings (pp. 3-18) (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 14538 LNCS). Springer. Yazdani, R., Jonker, M. & Sperotto, A.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56252-5_1
2023
Quantifying Security Risks in Cloud Infrastructures: A Data-driven Approach (2023)In 2023 IEEE 9th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft). IEEE. Tarahomi, S., Holz, R. & Sperotto, A.https://doi.org/10.1109/NetSoft57336.2023.10175501Hazardous Echoes: The DNS Resolvers that Should Be Put on Mute (2023)In 2023 7th Network Traffic Measurement and Analysis Conference (TMA) (pp. 1-10). IEEE. Yazdani, R., Nosyk, Y., Holz, R., Korczyński, M., Jonker, M. & Sperotto, A.https://doi.org/10.23919/TMA58422.2023.10198955Everything in Its Right Place: Improving DNS resilience (2023)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Sommese, R.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036556699Stranger VPNs: Investigating the Geo-Unblocking Capabilities of Commercial VPN Providers (2023)In Passive and Active Measurement: 24th International Conference, PAM 2023, Virtual Event, March 21–23, 2023, Proceedings (pp. 46-68). Khan, E., Sperotto, A., Ham, J. v. d. & Rijswijk-Deij, R. v.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28486-1_3
2022
Mirrors in the Sky: On the Potential of Clouds in DNS Reflection-based Denial-of-Service Attacks (2022)In Proceedings of the 25th International Symposium on Research in Attacks, Intrusions and Defenses (pp. 263-275). Association for Computing Machinery. Yazdani, R., Hilton, A., van der Ham, J., van Rijswijk - Deij, R. M., Deccio, C., Sperotto, A. & Jonker, M.https://doi.org/10.1145/3545948.3545959Investigating the impact of DDoS attacks on DNS infrastructure (2022)In Proceedings of the 22nd ACM Internet Measurement Conference (pp. 51-64). Association for Computing Machinery. Sommese, R., Claffy, K., van Rijswijk - Deij, R. M., Chattopadhyay, A., Dainotti, A., Sperotto, A. & Jonker, M.https://doi.org/10.1145/3517745.3561458Saving Brian's privacy: The perils of privacy exposure through reverse DNS (2022)In IMC '22: Proceedings of the 22nd ACM Internet Measurement Conference (pp. 1-13). Association for Computing Machinery. van der Toorn, O., van Rijswijk - Deij, R., Sommese, R., Sperotto, A. & Jonker, M.https://doi.org/10.1145/3517745.3561424Proactive threat detection: A DNS based approach (2022)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. van der Toorn, O. I.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036554428
Research profiles
Courses academic year 2024/2025
Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
- 191211208 - Internship EE
- 191211219 - Master Thesis Project
- 191211650 - Multi-Disciplinary Design Project
- 192199508 - Research Topics CS
- 192199968 - Internship CS
- 192199978 - Final Project CS
- 192399979 - Final Project BIT
- 201300058 - Research Topics BIT
- 201300059 - Internship BIT
- 201300086 - Research Topics 2 CS
- 201400171 - Capita Selecta Software Technology
- 201400177 - Cloud Networking
- 201500371 - Capita Selecta BIT
- 201600187 - Individual Project
- 201700074 - Internet Security
- 201800524 - Research Topics EIT
- 201900194 - Research Topics I-Tech
- 201900195 - Final Project I-Tech
- 201900223 - Capita Selecta Electrical Engineering
- 201900234 - Internship I-Tech
- 202001104 - Cybersecurity & Cybercrime Theory
- 202001105 - Cybersecurity & Cybercrime Project
- 202001162 - Bachelor Thesis EE
- 202001434 - Internship EMSYS
- 202001521 - Capita Selecta EngD (external course)
- 202001522 - Capita Selecta EngD (in-company tr.)
- 202001579 - Internet Measurements
- 202001613 - MSc Final Project BIT + CS
- 202200251 - Capita Selecta DST
- 202300070 - Final Project EMSYS
- 202300363 - Internship BIT - CS
Courses academic year 2023/2024
- 191211208 - Internship EE
- 191211219 - Master Thesis Project
- 191211650 - Multi-Disciplinary Design Project
- 192199508 - Research Topics CS
- 192199968 - Internship CS
- 192199978 - Final Project CS
- 192399979 - Final Project BIT
- 201300058 - Research Topics BIT
- 201300059 - Internship BIT
- 201300086 - Research Topics 2 CS
- 201400171 - Capita Selecta Software Technology
- 201400177 - Cloud Networking
- 201500033 - Appl. Sec. Analysis "Hacking Lab" (4TU)
- 201500371 - Capita Selecta BIT
- 201600017 - Final Project Preparation
- 201600187 - Individual Project
- 201700074 - Internet Security
- 201800524 - Research Topics EIT
- 201900194 - Research Topics I-Tech
- 201900195 - Final Project I-Tech
- 201900200 - Final Project EMSYS
- 201900223 - Capita Selecta Electrical Engineering
- 201900234 - Internship I-Tech
- 202001104 - Cybersecurity & Cybercrime Theory
- 202001105 - Cybersecurity & Cybercrime Project
- 202001162 - Bachelor Thesis EE
- 202001434 - Internship EMSYS
- 202001521 - Capita Selecta EngD (external course)
- 202001522 - Capita Selecta EngD (in-company tr.)
- 202001579 - Internet Measurements
- 202001613 - MSc Final Project BIT + CS
- 202001614 - MSc Final Project CS + I-Tech
- 202001616 - Research Topics CS + I-TECH
- 202200251 - Capita Selecta DST
- 202300070 - Final Project EMSYS
- 202300363 - Internship BIT - CS
Address
University of Twente
Zilverling (building no. 11), room 5098
Hallenweg 19
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands
University of Twente
Zilverling 5098
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
Netherlands
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