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.
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 |
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 edit
Porras attended the University of California, Irvine.
Career edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ "Our People: Phillip Porras". SRI International. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
- ^ Phillip Porras. "Patent Defense". SRI International. Archived from the original on 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
- ^ Bowden, Mark (2012-02-18). "War of the cyber worm: the most destructive attack on the internet". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
- ^ Bowden, Mark (2010-05-11). "The Enemy Within". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
- ^ Phillip Porras; Hassen Saidi; Vinod Yegneswaran (2009-03-19), An Analysis of Conficker, SRI International, archived from the original on 2009-04-01, retrieved 2009-03-29
- ^ Bright, Peter (2010-10-06). "Drive-by malware blocked by new BLADE software". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ^ "BLADE: Secure Defense for Network Browsers". SRI International. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ^ Krebs, Brian (2010-02-22). "Stopping Stealthy Downloads". Technology Review. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ^ "SRI Fellows Awards 2000 - Present". SRI International. Archived from the original on 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2013-02-25.