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August 1, 2011
We have an open position for a Lecturer in Computer Security! Application forms and full details here.
Feel free to contact me for informal inquires.

June 11, 2011
Our paper “Analysis of a Botnet Takeover” is featured in the June edition of Computing Now.
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April 1, 2011
Our paper “Escape from Monkey Island: Evading High-Interaction Honeyclients” has been accepted at DIMVA.
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March, 2011
Our paper “Peering Through the iFrame” has been accepted at for INFOCOM mini-conference.
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February 8, 2011
Our paper “Analysis of a Botnet Takeover” has been published in the IEEE Security and Privacy magazine.
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January 24, 2011
I have been interviewed for RAI Radio1's Baobab on data privacy.
Listen (around 1:49, in Italian).

January 14, 2011
Our paper “Prophiler: a Fast Filter for the Large-Scale Detection of Malicious Web Pages” has been accepted for WWW 2011.

Bio

I am a Lecturer in the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham, UK. I completed my Ph.D. degree in Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

My research interests include most aspects of computer security, with an emphasis on web security, vulnerability analysis, electronic voting security, and intrusion detection.

During the academic year 2011–2012, I'll be on leave of absence at Lastline, Inc..

Contact Info

Marco Cova
m.cova@cs.bham.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 121 414 8556
Fax: +44 (0) 121 414 4281

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Fingerprint: 14860AB630AECBDF0516CBC39726947710C55F69

School of Computer Science
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham, B15 2TT
United Kingdom

Office: Computer Science building (Y9), Room UG36 235