PhD thesis defense of Willie Kouam – 03/12/2024
Title: Network Centrality Game for Cyber Deception against Network Epidemic Propagation Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2024 – 3 pm Place: thesis room (salle des thèses) at the Hannah Arendt campus. Abstract: The rise in data breaches and service disruptions increasingly threatens internal security, with potentially devastating consequences for individuals and organizations. As a result, users of information and communication technologies must adopt tools that are both effective and efficient in combating the spread of malware. The term “users” encompasses a wide range of actors, including individuals, businesses, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and states, in short anyone who communicates through modern technologies. Among the most pressing threats they face are lateral movement and widespread epidemic propagation through the covert recruitment of unsuspecting users into botnets, the cyber-terrorist armies capable of inflicting significant damage, such as crippling businesses whose services are used by the same users. In these scenarios, as in many others, users, deceived by skilled experts known as attackers, unknowingly contribute to cyberattacks, with deception serving as the primary attack vector. Cybercriminals, unlike defenders, frequently violate privacy rules, allowing them to be better informed, sometimes unilaterally, about the level of compromise of each user. In their efforts to control multiple Plus d'infos