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  1. 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
  2. Steven Graham, Bin Lu and Xinwen Fu, Network Security Fundamentals, Encyclopedia of Computer Science andEngineering, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007 Accepted
  3. 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. 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, 21 Aug. 2009 (Extension of PET 2004)
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. J. Lee,W. Yu and Xinwen Fu, Energy-Efficient Target Detection in Sensor Networks using Line Proxies, International Journal of Communication Systems, Accepted 2007
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. Y. Guan, Xinwen Fu, R. Bettati, and Wei Zhao, A Quantitative Analysis of Anonymous Communications, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 53(1), Mar. 2004
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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. 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%
  2. 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%
  3. 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%
  4. 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%
  5. Nan Zhang, Min Song, Xinwen Fu, and Wei Yu, Discovery and Protection of Sensitive Linkage Information for Online Social Networks Services, in Proceedings of Workshop on Social Networks,  Applications, and Systems (SNAS), 2009
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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%
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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%
  18. 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%
  19. 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%
  20. 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%
  21. 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%
  22. 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%
  23. 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%
  24. 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%
  25. 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%
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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%
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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. Xinwen Fu and Zhen Ling, One Cell is Enough to Break Tor’s Anonymity, White Paper, Black Hat DC, February 18-19, 2009, pdf
  3. 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
  4. 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