TSYS School Research Team Combats Chaff Attacks

TSYS School computer science students Maochang Qin and Noah Neundorfer recently gained valuable research experience after joining TSYS School professors Jianhua Yang and Lixin Wang in an investigation of how attackers can exploit compromised hosts to launch attacks over the Internet. Such attacks are called stepping-stone intrusions, and they work by placing an intruder behind a long connection chain consisting of multiple compromised hosts. Most attackers establish a long connection chain with more than three stepping stones to better protect themselves when launching attacks. As these researchers explain in their new study appearing in Electronics, explains, many algorithms have been proposed to detect stepping-stone intrusions, but most detection algorithms are weak in resisting intruders’ session manipulation, such as chaff perturbation. Chaff perturbation is a concealment method in which attackers can insert some trivial packets into a regular IP connection to make two relayed sessions appear unrelated. To combat chaff perturbation, the study proposes a novel detection algorithm that shows network traffic cross matching can be effective in resisting chaff attacks. Experimental results over the AWS cloud that are detailed in the study show that their proposed algorithm is capable of resisting chaff attacks at a rate up to 100 percent.

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Grant Hits Ground Running as New Turner College Marketing Intern

The Turner College's new marketing intern Lizzy Grant , a senior marketing major from Newnan who previously attended Gordon State College, where she played varsity soccer, and is scheduled to graduate from the Turner College in May of 2024, has hit the ground running in her new position. She recently played a large role in the creation of a video tour of the Synovus Center, the main campus home of the Turner College. The video helps to guide new students on where to go in the building and who they can talk to if they help. The video showcases the Student Services Center, the main lobby, and more. The video is played as part of a loop on video screens placed throughout the Synovus Center. Lizzy's list of activities at CSU is impressive. She is the Treasurer of the Turner College's Marketing Club, the President of Marketing for the Turner College's chapter of the Financial Management Association, and an Ambassador for the Turner College. She is also the Treasurer of her s

Jung Exploring Influence of Confucianism on Luxury Brand Performance in China, Japan and South Korea

In a recent chat with Turner Business , Turner College professor of marketing Sungwoo Jung made the point that luxury brands are gaining the degree of influence in many developing countries that they enjoy now in developed countries. He has been pondering this issue as part of his international marketing research program, which typically focuses on advertising, pioneering advantages and multi-cultural analysis. Currently, Jung is concentrating his energies on a cross-cultural analysis of brand equity that highlights luxury brands’ performance. His research finds that China, Japan and South Korea have each seen an increase in market share for luxury brands in recent years. As Jung explained to Turner Business , “These three countries share a common philosophical background – Confucianism.” With that point in mind, Jung and his coauthors are currently engaged in an investigation of how Confucianism influences consumer behavior in these three Asian countries, and how that behavior im

Turner College Grad Publishes Academic Study on Corporate Culture and Strategy

Former Turner College student Tamara Todorova , now an associate professor of economics at American University in Bulgaria (AUB), recently published a study on corporate culture and strategy. Todorova earned an MBA from the Turner College in 1996 and then went on to earn a doctorate in international economics from the University of Economics - Varna in 2001. She has been on the faculty at AUB since August of 2000. Todorova's study, which appears in the current issue of the International Journal of Business Performance Management , investigates how corporate culture helps to economize on the transaction costs of internal organization. As she explains, the dimensions of corporate culture that assist in this task include increasing trust and reducing intrafirm opportunism. Todorova's study demonstrates that setting common goals and a common direction reduces the sizeable costs of internal organization. Tamara's prior research appears in Economics of Transition , International

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