{"470511":{"#nid":"470511","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Becomes First University to Join M3AAWG","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELooking to share its advanced research on bot behavior, emerging infections and mitigation processes with the security community, the Georgia Institute of Technology is the first academic institution to join the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group.\u0026nbsp; The university sees the closed, vetted structure within M3AAWG as a rare opportunity to disseminate its findings on the latest threats directly to network operators and public policy advisors while also obtaining feedback from these industry professionals, according to \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Manos Antonakakis\u003C\/strong\u003E, computer systems and software assistant professor at Georgia Tech, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and M3AAWG Academic Committee co-chair.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0022M3AAWG bridges the gap between academia and industry.\u0026nbsp; As researchers, we often identify new strategies to understand and disable complex illicit infrastructures, such as botnets and malware, and objectively measure other aspects of Internet abuse, for example, spam and ad fraud.\u0026nbsp; We want to share this information with the security community as quickly as possible and M3AAWG is an active channel for disseminating this data.\u0026nbsp; On the other hand, in order to commercialize this work, we need input from security professionals who are dealing with these challenges every day.\u0026nbsp; M3AAWG closes this loophole by providing the operational feedback that helps us turn our research into products industry can use to solve specific threats,\u0022 Antonakakis said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EM3AAWG is recruiting university cybersecurity research programs to join its anti-abuse work so it can provide its members access to the experimental processes and academic studies that help improve end-user security.\u0026nbsp; The in-depth research at these institutions is especially important in a world where criminals can change a bot\u0027s coding to avoid detection in just minutes and new threats are always emerging.\u0026nbsp; In addition, universities also can participate in other projects.\u0026nbsp; For example, \u003Cstrong\u003EDr. Mustaque Ahamad\u003C\/strong\u003E, professor at Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Computer Science, is co-chair of the M3AAWG Voice and Telephony Abuse Special Interest Group, according to Michael Adkins, M3AAWG chairman.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAdkins said, \u0022Georgia Tech has developed one of the leading computer science programs in the world and has a strong understanding of anti-abuse issues.\u0026nbsp; They have presented groundbreaking research at our meetings in the past, including early research on the effectiveness of bot mitigation notifications with its study of the DNS Charger program in 2013, data on new malware infections and updates on known threats.\u0026nbsp; We look forward to strengthening our relationship with their researchers, bringing the latest threat findings to our members, and providing input on new research and processes.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe recently established Institute for Information Security and Privacy (IISP) at Georgia Tech will significantly grow these research programs and related curricula to make fundamental advances in cybersecurity. U.S. News and World Report ranked its computer engineering program among the top ten in the nation.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG) is where the industry comes together to work against bots, malware, spam, viruses, denial-of-service attacks and other online exploitation. M3AAWG (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.m3aawg.org\u0022 title=\u0022www.m3aawg.org\u0022\u003Ewww.m3aawg.org\u003C\/a\u003E) represents more than one billion mailboxes from some of the largest network operators worldwide. It leverages the depth and experience of its global membership to tackle abuse on existing networks and new emerging services through technology, collaboration and public policy. It also works to educate global policy makers on the technical and operational issues related to online abuse and messaging. Headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., M3AAWG is driven by market needs and supported by major network operators and messaging providers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EM3AAWG Board of Directors\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAT\u0026amp;T (NYSE: T); CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL); Cloudmark, Inc.; Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA); Constant Contact (NASDAQ: CTCT); Cox Communications; Damballa, Inc.; Facebook; Google; LinkedIn; Mailchimp; Orange (NYSE: ORAN) and (Euronext: ORA); Return Path; Time Warner Cable; Verizon Communications; and Yahoo! Inc.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EM3AAWG Full Members\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1\u0026amp;1 Internet AG; Adobe Systems Inc.; AOL; Campaign Monitor Pty.; Cisco Systems, Inc.; CloudFlare; dotmailer; Dyn; ExactTarget, Inc.; IBM; iContact; Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ, NASDAQ: IIJI); Listrak; Litmus; McAfee Inc.; Microsoft Corp.; Mimecast; Nominum, Inc.; Oracle Marketing Cloud; OVH; PayPal; Proofpoint; Rackspace; Spamhaus; Sprint; Symantec and Twitter.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA complete member list is available at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.m3aawg.org\/about\/roster\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.m3aawg.org\/about\/roster\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Will Share Vital Cybersecurity Research with Anti-Abuse Industry"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech sees the closed, vetted structure within M\u003Csup\u003E3\u003C\/sup\u003EAAWG as an opportunity to disseminate its findings on the latest threats directly to network operators and public policy advisors while also obtaining feedback from industry professionals.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Looking to share its advanced research on bot behavior, emerging infections and mitigation, Georgia Tech is the first academic institution to join the cybersecurity trade association\u0027s anti-abuse working group."}],"uid":"27490","created_gmt":"2015-11-17 10:56:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:03","author":"Tara La Bouff","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-11-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"473691":{"id":"473691","type":"image","title":"M3AAWG","body":null,"created":"1449257190","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:26:30","changed":"1475895223","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:43","alt":"M3AAWG","file":{"fid":"203978","name":"logo_2.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/logo_2_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/logo_2_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":13909,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/logo_2_0.png?itok=Cl6Hjlps"}}},"media_ids":["473691"],"groups":[{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"categories":[{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1404","name":"Cybersecurity"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJackie Nemeth, 404.894.2906\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jackie.nemeth@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}