The 5th ACM Workshop on Recurring Malcode (WORM 2007)

Morning, everyone. I know Wormblog has been very, very silent lately as I've been very busy with work. However, I'll wake it up and post a conference call for papers that applies here. I'm on the PC for WORM07, so I should have done this sooner ...

Internet-wide infectious epidemics have emerged as one of the leading threats to information security and service availability. Self-propagating threats, often termed worms, exploit software weaknesses, hardware limitations, Internet topology, and the open Internet communication model to compromise large numbers of networked systems. Malware is increasingly used as a beachhead to launch further malicious activities, such as installing spyware, deploying phishing servers and spam relays, or performing information espionage. Unfortunately, current operational practices still face significant challenges in containing these threats as evidenced by the rise in automated botnet networks and the continued presence of worms released years ago. The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum for exchanging ideas, increasing understanding, and relating experiences on malicious code from a wide range of communities, including academia, industry, and the government.

We are soliciting papers from researchers and practitioners on     subjects including, but not limited to:    

• Automatic malcode detection
• Malicious code characterization
• Botnet detection and disruption
• Malcode reverse engineering
• Modeling and analysis of propagation dynamics
• Forensic methods of attribution
• Threat assessment
• Reactive countermeasures
• Proactive malware defenses
• Significant operational experiences
• Measurement studies
• New threats and related challenges
   

    WORM aims to be a true workshop, with a primary goal of fostering the     development of preliminary work and helping nucleate a malcode     research community. To this end, WORM aims to bring together both     academic researchers and practitioners that fight malware in the     fields. WORM is open to two classes of submissions: research papers and panel proposals.    

                               

17 June, 2007	Paper submission deadline
7 August, 2007	Notification of acceptance
22 August, 2007	Camera-ready papers due
2 November, 2007	Workshop co-located with CCS in Alexandria, VA, USA

The workshop is a one day event and will be held on 2 November, 2007, and is co-located with CCS in Alexandria, VA, USA, at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center. For more information see the WORM07 website.