The activity aims to analyze emerging attack methodologies and develop advanced methods for detecting attacks and identifying guidelines for the design of computer systems guaranteeing reduced vulnerabilities for new attack categories. The detailed objectives can be divided into four macro categories:

(i) Development of advanced tools for malware analysis and software analysis aimed at identifying vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malware;

(ii) Development of tools for network traffic analysis able to identify communications related to ongoing attacks;

(iii) Development of machine learning systems that are robust to attacks and through which it is possible to extract knowledge aimed at creating more advanced tools for a timely analysis of attacks and their early detection;

(iv) Analysis of the “human factors” involved in an attack with the development of tools for the analysis and correlation of information from OSINT (open sources intelligence) and the defense and prevention of attacks based on social engineering techniques.

Geographic scope: PNRR

Start date: 1 January 2023

End date: 31 December 2025

Project Coordinator: Manco Giuseppe

Project website: https://serics.eu/en/services/spoke-3-attacchi-difese/