Zilverling

dr. A. Sperotto (Anna)

Full Professor
EEMCS-CS-DACS
Zilverling 5098
a.sperotto@utwente.nl
+31534892812
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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 https://annasperotto.org/

Expertise

  • Computer Science

    • Attack
    • Domain Name System
    • Internet
    • Service
    • Domains
    • Denial of Service Attack
    • Detection
    • Management Infrastructure

Organisations

Publications

2025

Web Crawl Refusals: Insights From Common Crawl (2025)In Passive and Active Measurement: 26th International Conference, PAM 2025, Virtual Event, March 10–12, 2025, Proceedings (pp. 197–214) (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 15567). Springer. Ansar, M., Sperotto, A. & Holz, R.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-85960-1_9

2024

A First Look at User-Installed Residential Proxies From a Network Operator's Perspective (2024)In 20th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). Khan, E., Chiapponi, E., Verkleij, M., Sperotto, A., van Rijswijk - Deij, R. M. & van der Ham, J.https://doi.org/10.23919/CNSM62983.2024.10814519Is a Name Enough? A First Look into Detecting Clouds Using DNS Pointer Records (2024)In 2024 20th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM) (pp. 1-5). Article 10814277. IEEE Advancing Technology for Humanity. Tarahomi, S., Sommese, R., de Boer, P.-T., Linssen, J., Holz, R. & Sperotto, A.https://doi.org/10.23919/CNSM62983.2024.10814277Proactively defending against DDoS attacks: Focusing on DNS reflection and amplification (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Yazdani, R.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036563956Victimization in DDoS Attacks: The Role of Popularity and Industry Sector (2024)Computers & Security (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Haq, M. Y. M., Affinito, A., Botta, A., Sperotto, A., Nieuwenhuis, L. J. M., Jonker, M. & Abhishta, A.https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4970423Swamp of Reflectors: Investigating the Ecosystem of Open DNS Resolvers (2024)In Passive and Active Measurement: 25th International Conference, PAM 2024, Virtual Event, March 11–13, 2024, Proceedings, Part II (pp. 3-18) (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 14538). Springer. Yazdani, R., Jonker, M. & Sperotto, A.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56252-5_1Analyzing Privacy Implications of Mobile Apps Data Collection across Age Groups (2024)In Proceedings of the 2024 20th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM): AI-Powered Network and Service Management for Tomorrow's Digital World (Proceedings International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM); Vol. 2024). IEEE. Mariani, A., Liberato, M., Sperotto, A. & Affinito, A.https://doi.org/10.23919/CNSM62983.2024.10814597Glossy Mirrors: On the Role of Open Resolvers in Reflection and Amplification DDoS Attacks (2024)In 2024 20th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). Yazdani, R., Resing, M. & Sperotto, A.https://opendl.ifip-tc6.org/db/conf/cnsm/cnsm2024/1571047002.pdf

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/TMA58422.2023.10198955

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Courses academic year 2025/2026

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Courses academic year 2024/2025

Courses academic year 2023/2024

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