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Book & Book Chapters

  1. Xin Jin, Min Dan, Nan Zhang, Wei Yu, Xinwen Fu and Sajal K. Das, Network Security Fundamentals, Game Theory for Infrastructure Security - The Power of Intent-Based Adversary Models", Book Chapter in Handbook on Securing Cyber-physical Infrastructures: Foundations and Challenges, (In press) September 2011
  2. Xinyu Yang, Jie Lin, Wei Yu, Xinwen Fu , Genshe Chen, and Erik P. Blasch, On Situational Aware En-route Filtering against Injected False Data in Cyber Physical Networks, Book Chapter in Situational Awareness in Computer Network Defense: Principles, Methods and Applications, IGI-Global, USA (in press) September, 2011
  3. Wei Yu, Nan Zhang, Xinwen Fu and Brian Rivera, Evolution of Widely-Spreading Worms and Countermeasures: Epidemic Theory and Application, Book Chapter in Handbook on Securing Cyber-physical Infrastructures: Foundations and Challenges, IGI-Global, USA (in press) September, 2011
  4. Xinwen Fu, Traffic Analysis Attacks and Countermeasures . Pattern Recognition Based Methodology, VDM Publishing, ISBN: 978-3-639-14777-3, 2009 (Note: monograph based on the author's dissertation and a handy and easy-to-understand security and privacy oriented traffic analysis tutorial), Cover, Back
  5. Steven Graham, Bin Lu and Xinwen Fu, Network Security Fundamentals, Encyclopedia of Computer Science andEngineering, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007 Accepted
  6. Xinwen Fu, S. Graham, and Y. Guan, Location Privacy in Wireless Networks, Handbook on Mobile Ad Hocand Pervasive Communications, American Scientific Publishers, 2006 Accepted

Refereed Journal Publications

  1. Z. Ling, J. Luo, W. Yu, Xinwen Fu, D. Xuan and W. Jia, A New Cell Counting Based Attack Against Tor, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (ToN) , 2011 Accepted
  2. W. Jia, F. TSO, Z. Ling, Xinwen Fu, D. Xuan and W. Yu, Blind Detection of Spread Spectrum Flow Watermarks, Security and Communication Networks (SCN), 2012 Accepted
  3. Xinyu Yang, Xiaojing Fan, Wei Yu, Xinwen Fu, Shusen Yang , HLLS: A History information based Light Location Service for MANETs, Computer Networks - Elsevier, 56(2), 2012
  4. Xinwen Fu, N. Zhang, A. Pingley, W. Yu, J. Wang and W. Zhao, The Digital Marauder's Map: a WiFi Forensic Positioning Tool, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 11(3), 2012
  5. Xian Pan, Junwei Huang, Zhen Ling, Bin Lu, and Xinwen Fu, Long PN Code Based Traceback in Wireless Networks, International Journal of Performability Engineering: Special issue on Dependability of Wireless Systems and Networks, 8(2), Mar. 2012
  6. W. Yu, N. Zhang, Xinwen Fu, R. Bettati and W. Zhao, Localization Attacks to Internet Threat Monitors: Modeling and Countermeasures, IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), 2010, Accepted
  7. Yuefeng Huang, Xinyu Yang, Shuseng Yang, Wei Yu, and Xinwen Fu, A Cross Layer Approach Handling Link Asymmetry for Wireless Mesh Access Networks, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), 2010, Accepted
  8. Ye Zhu, Xinwen Fu, Bryan Graham, Riccardo Bettati, Wei Zhao, "Correlation-Based Traffic Analysis Attacks on Anonymity Networks," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), July 2010 (vol. 21 no. 7), Selected as a spotlight paper
  9. Nan Zhang, Wei Yu, Xinwen Fu, Sajal K. Das, Maintaining the Defender.s Reputation in Anomaly Detection Against Insider Attacks, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics (SMC-B), 2009, Accepted
  10. W. Yu, N. Zhang, Xinwen Fu and W. Zhao, Self-Disciplinary Worms and Countermeasures: Modeling and Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Accepted 2009
  11. Xinwen Fu, Wei Yu, Shu Jiang, Steve Graham and Yong Guan, TCP Performance in Flow-Based Mix Networks: Modeling and Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Accepted 2008
  12. Wei Yu, Xun Wang, Xinwen Fu, Dong Xuan, and Wei Zhao, An Invisible Localization Attack to Internet Threat Monitors, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Accepted 2008
  13. Xinwen Fu, Wei Yu, Xukai Zou, Kevin Streff, and Steve Graham, On Recognizing Virtual Honeypots and Countermeasures, Journal of Autonomic and Trusted Computing (JoATC), Accepted 2007
  14. Y. Zhu, Xinwen Fu, and R. Bettati, On the Effectiveness of Continuous-Time Mixes under Flow-Correlation Based Anonymity Attacks, accepted by International Journal of Network Security (IJNS), Accepted 2007
  15. J. Lee,W. Yu and Xinwen Fu, Energy-Efficient Target Detection in Sensor Networks using Line Proxies, International Journal of Communication Systems, Accepted 2007
  16. Xinwen Fu, Y. Zhu, B. Graham, R. Bettati, and Wei Zhao, On Flow Marking Attacks in Wireless Anonymous Communication Networks, Journal of Ubiquitous Computing and Intelligence (JUCI), Accepted, 2006
  17. Y. Zhu, Xinwen Fu, R. Bettati, and W. Zhao, Analysis of Flow-Correlation Attacks in Anonymity Network, Special Issue of International Journal of Security and Networks (IJSN), Accepted 2006
  18. Y. Guan, Xinwen Fu, R. Bettati, and Wei Zhao, A Quantitative Analysis of Anonymous Communications, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 53(1), Mar. 2004
  19. Xinwen Fu, Y. Guan, R. Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Hiding Role Assignment for Mission Critical Collaborative Systems, Quality and Reliability Engineering International, Special Issue on Computer Network Security, 18(3), 2002
  20. Y. Guan, Xinwen Fu, D. Xuan, Prashanth Shenoy, R. Bettati, andWei Zhao, NetCamo: Camouflaging Network Traffic for QoS-Guaranteed Mission Critical Applications, in IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, Special Issue on Information Assurance, 31(4), Jul. 2001
  21. Xinwen Fu, M. Zhang, and X. Li, A Method of Texture Matching Based on Feature Symbol Random Field Created By Wavelet, China Journal of Image and Graphics, 4(3):243-247, Jun. 1999

Refereed Conference Publications

  1. Z. Liu, Y. Chen, B. Liu, C. Cao, and Xinwen Fu, HAWK: An unmanned mini helicopter-based aerial wireless kit for localization, in Proceedings of Infocom, 2012, Accept ratio: 18%
  2. Zhen Ling, Junzhou Luo, Wei Yu, Ming Yang and Xinwen Fu, Extensive Analysis and Large-Scale Empirical Evaluation of Tor Bridge Discovery, in Proceedings of Infocom, 2012, Accept ratio: 18%
  3. Zhen Ling, Junzhou Luo, Yang Zhang, Ming Yang, Xinwen Fu and Wei Yu, A Novel Network Delay based Side-Channel Attack: Modeling and Defense, in Proceedings of Infocom, 2012, Accept ratio: 18%
  4. Xinyu Yang, Jie Lin, Paul Moulema, Wei Yu, Xinwen Fu, and Wei Zhao, A Novel En-route Filtering Scheme against False Data Injection Attacks in Cyber-Physical Networked Systems, in Proceedings of IEEE ICDCS, 2012, Accept ratio: 13%
  5. Jie Lin, Xinyu Yang, Wei Yu, and Xinwen Fu, Towards Effective En-route Filtering against Injected False Data in Wireless Sensor Network, in Proceedings of IEEE Globe Communication (Globecom), 2011
  6. Junwei Huang, Xian Pan, Xinwen Fu and Jie Wang, Long PN Code Based DSSS Watermarking, in Proceedings of Infocom, 2011, Accept ratio: 16%
  7. Yinjie Chen, Zhongli Liu, Benyuan Liu, Xinwen Fu and Wei Zhao, Identifying Mobiles Hiding behind Wireless Routers, in Proceedings of Infocom, 2011, Accept ratio: 16%
  8. Aniket Pingley, Nan Zhang, Xinwen Fu, Hyeong-Ah Choi, Suresh Subramaniam, Wei Zhao, Protection of Query Privacy for Continuous Location Based Services, in Proceedings of Infocom, 2011, Accept ratio: 16%
  9. Zhen Ling, Xinwen Fu, Weijia Jia, Wei Yu and Dong Xuan, A Novel Packet Size Based Covert Channel Attack against Anonymizer, in Proceedings of Infocom Mini-Conference, 2011, Accept ratio: 23.4%
  10. Zhen Ling, Junzhou Luo, Wei Yu and Xinwen Fu, Equal-sized Cells Mean Equal-sized Packets in Tor?, in Proceedings of ICC Communication and Information System Security Symposium, Kyoto, Japan, June 5 ~ 9, 2011, PDF
  11. Jie Lin, Xinyu Yang, Wei Yu and Xinwen Fu, Towards Effective En-route Filtering against Injected False Data in Wireless Sensor Networks, in Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM - Communication & System Security, 2011
  12. William Gauvin, Cindy Chen, Xinwen Fu, Benyuan Liu, Classification of Commercial and Personal Profiles on MySpace, in Proceedings of 3rd IEEE International Workshop on SEcurity and SOCial Networking (SESOC), 2011
  13. Nan Zhang, Wei Yu, Xinwen Fu and Sajal Das, gPath: A Game-Theoretic Path Selection Algorithm to Protect Tor's Anonymity, in Proceedings of Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security (GameSec), 2010
  14. Jizhi Wang, Yinjie Chen, Xinwen Fu, Jie Wang, W. Yu and N. Zhang, 3DLoc: Three Dimensional Wireless Localization Toolkit, In Proceedings of the 30th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), 2010, Accept ratio 14.4%
  15. Anwar Saipulla, Benyuan Liu, Guoliang Xing, Xinwen Fu and Jie Wang, Barrier Coverage with Sensors of Limited Mobility, in Proceedings of The 11th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc), Chicago, USA, September 2010
  16. Xinwen Fu, Zhen Ling, Wei Yu and Junzhou Luo, Cyber Crime Scene Investigations (C2SI) through Cloud Computing, In Proceedings of First ICDCS Workshop on Security and Privacy in Cloud Computing (ICDCS-SPCC), 2010, PDF
  17. Zhongli Liu, Yinjie Chen, Wei Yu and Xinwen Fu, Generic Network Forensic Data Acquisition from Household and Small Business Wireless Routers, in Proceedings of First International Workshop on Data Security and PrivAcy in wireless Networks (D-SPAN), 2010, PDF
  18. X. Fan, X. Yang, W. Yu and Xinwen Fu, HLLS: A History information based Light Location Service for MANETs, In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2010
  19. Z. Ling, J. Luo, W. Yu, Xinwen Fu, D. Xuan and W. Jia, A New Cell Counter Based Attack Against Tor, in Proceedings of 16th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2009, Accept ratio 18.4%
  20. Xinwen Fu and Zhen Ling, One Cell is Enough to Break Tor.s Anonymity, White Paper, Black Hat DC, February 18-19, 2009, PDF
  21. Xinwen Fu, N. Zhang, A. Pingley, W. Yu, J. Wang and W. Zhao, The Digital Marauder.s Map: A New Threat to Location Privacy in Wireless Networks, In Proceedings of the 29th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), June 22-26, 2009 Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Accept ratio 16.2%
  22. A. Pingley, W. Yu, N. Zhang, Xinwen Fu and W. Zhao, CAP: A Context-Aware Privacy Protection System for Location-Based Services, In Proceedings of the 29th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), June 22-26, 2009 Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Accept ratio 16.2%
  23. W. Jia, F. TSO, Z. Ling, Xinwen Fu, D. Xuan and W. Yu, Blind Detection of Spread Spectrum Flow Watermarks, In Proceedings of The 28th Conference on Computer Communications (Infocom), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 19-25, 2009, Accept ratio 19.6%
  24. William Gauvin, Benyuan Liu, Xinwen Fu, and Jie Wang, Utopia: Providing Trusted Social Network Relationships within an Un-Trusted Environment, in Proceedings of Workshop on Social Networks, Applications, and Systems (SNAS), 2009
  25. R. Pries,W. Yu, S. Graham, and Xinwen Fu, On Performance Bottleneck of Anonymous Communication Networks, In Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), Miami, Florida, April 14-28, 2008.
  26. Wang, W. Yu, Xinwen Fu, D. Xuan, and W. Zhao, iLOC: An invisible LOCalization Attack to Internet Threat Monitoring Systems, In Proceedings of the 27th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) Minisymposia, Phoenix, AZ, April 13-28, 2008
  27. W. Yu, Xinwen Fu, R. Bettati, and W. Zhao, On Localization Attacks to Internet Threat Monitors: An Information-Theoretic Framework, In Proceedings of the 38th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN) - Performance and Dependability Symposium (PDSosium (PDS), June 24-27, 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
  28. Ryan Pries, W. Yu, Xinwen Fu and W. Zhao, A New Replay Attack Against Anonymous Communication Networks, In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) - Information and Network Security Symposium, Beijing, China, May 19-23, 2008, Best paper award
  29. Nan Zhang, Wei Yu, Xinwen Fu, and Sajal K. Das, Towards Effective Defense Against Insider Attacks: The Establishment of Defender.s Reputation, In Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8th-10th December, 2008
  30. W. Yu, Xinwen Fu, Steve Graham, D. Xuan and W. Zhao, DSSS-Based Flow Marking Technique for Invisible Traceback, In Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), Oakland, California, USA, May 20-23, 2007 Accept ratio 8.3%
  31. Xinwen Fu, Shu Jiang, Wei Yu, Steve Graham and Yong Guan, On TCP Performance in Flow-Based Mix Networks, In Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing (DASC), Columbia, MD, USA 25-27, September, 2007
  32. Xun Wang, Wei Yu, Adam Champion, Xinwen Fu and Dong Xuan, Detecting Worms via Mining Dynamic Program Execution, In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks (SecureComm), September 17-20, 2007, Nice, France
  33. Xinwen Fu, W.Yu, D. Cheng, X. Tan, K. Streff, and S. Graham, On Recognizing Virtual Honeypots and Countermeasures, In Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing (DASC), Sep. 29-Oct. 1, 2006
  34. K. Streff, A. Rajagopalan, and Xinwen Fu, ABC: Adaptive Bank-Transaction Camouflaging Systems, in Proceedings of the International Conference on i-Warfare and Security (ICIW), University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USA, March 15-16 2006
  35. Xinwen Fu, Y. Zhu, B. Graham, R. Bettati, andWei Zhao, On Flow Marking Attacks in Wireless Anonymous Communication Networks, in Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), June 2005, Accept ratio 14%
  36. Y. Zhu, Xinwen Fu, R. Bettati, W. Zhao, Anonymity Analysis of Mix Networks against Flow-Correlation Attacks, in Proceedings of Globecom Computer & Network Security (Globecom), St. Louis, Nov. 25 .Dec 2, 2005, Accept ratio 30%
  37. Y. Zhu, Xinwen Fu, and R. Bettati, On the Effectiveness of Continuous-Time Mixes under Flow-Correlation Based Anonymity Attacks, in Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA), July, 2005, Accept ratio 30%
  38. H. Xu, Xinwen Fu, Y. Zhu, R. Bettati, J. Chen, and Wei Zhao, SAS: A Scalar Anonymous Communication System, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Networks and Mobile Computing (ICCNMC), 2005, Accept ratio 25%
  39. B. Graham, Y. Zhu, Xinwen Fu, R. Bettati, Using Covert Channels to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Flow Confidentiality Measures, in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS), July 20-22, Japan, 2005, Accept ratio 34%
  40. Xinwen Fu, B. Graham, D. Xuan, R. Bettati and Wei Zhao, Empirical and Theoretical Evaluation of Active Probing Attacks and Their Countermeasures, in Proceedings of the 6th Information HidingWorkshop (IHW),May 2004, Accept ratio 25%
  41. Y. Zhu, Xinwen Fu, B. Graham, R. Bettati and Wei Zhao, On Flow Correlation Attacks and Countermeasures in Mix Networks, in Proceedings of Workshop on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET), May 2004, Accept ratio 25%
  42. Xinwen Fu, B. Graham, R. Bettati and Wei Zhao, On Effectiveness of Link Padding for Statistical Traffic Analysis Attacks, in Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), May 2003, Accept ratio 17.7%
  43. Xinwen Fu, B. Graham, D. Xuan, R. Bettati and Wei Zhao, Analytical and Empirical Analysis of Countermeasures to Traffic Analysis Attacks, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP), Oct. 2003, Accept ratio 35.9%
  44. Xinwen Fu, B. Graham, R. Bettati and Wei Zhao, Active Traffic Analysis Attacks and Countermeasures, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Networks and Mobile Computing (ICCNMC), Oct. 2003
  45. Xinwen Fu, B. Graham, R. Bettati and Wei Zhao, On Countermeasures to Traffic Analysis Attacks, in Proceedings of the 4th IEEE SMC Information Assurance Workshop, Jun. 2003
  46. Xinwen Fu, B. Graham, Y. Guan, R. Bettati and Wei Zhao, NetCamo: Camouflaging Network Traffic for Real-Time Applications, in Proceedings of Texas Workshop on Security of Information Systems, Apr. 2003
  47. Y. Guan, Xinwen Fu, R. Bettati, and Wei Zhao, An Optimal Strategy for Anonymous Communication Protocols, in Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Jul. 2002, Accept ratio 18.1%
  48. Xinwen Fu, Y. Guan, B. Graham, R. Bettati and Wei Zhao, Using Parasite Flows to Camouflage Flow Traffic, in Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE SMC Information Assurance Workshop, United States Military Academy, Jun. 2002
  49. Y. Guan, Xinwen Fu, R. Bettati, and Wei Zhao, Efficient Traffic Camouflaging in Mission Critical QoS-Guaranteed Networks, in Proceedings of the 1st IEEE SMC Information Assurance Workshop, Jun. 2000
  50. X. Ma, Xinwen Fu and C. Hou, Texture Classification Based on Feature Symbol Random Field, in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Signal Processing (ICSP), Oct. 1998
  51. Xinwen Fu, M. Zhang, and X. Li, A Method of Texture Classification Based on Vector Quantization, in Proceedings of the 9th Graphics and Image Technology Conference, Aug. 1998

Others

  1. Xinwen Fu, Y. Guan and W. Zhao, Forensic Analysis Techniques for Tracing Anonymous Cyber Criminals, Position Paper, ARO Workshop on Digital Forensics, Washington D.C, Feb. 10, 2009
  2. Y. Guan, Xinwen Fu, R. Bettati, and W. Zhao, Modeling and Optimizing Anonymous Communication Protocols, the 3rd Annual IEEE Information Assurance Workshop - Poster Session II, June 2002 West Point, New York
  3. Y. Guan, Xinwen Fu, R. Bettati, and W. Zhao, A Quantitative Analysis of Anonymous Communications, the 10th USENIX Security Symposium - Works In Progress Session, Wahsington D.C., August 2001