In the world of cybersecurity, understanding adversary infrastructure is critical for defenders and researchers tracking adversary operations. We use the term “adversary infrastructure” to refer to any infrastructure that is established by or commandeered by adversaries to support their operations. This includes command and control (C2) servers, open web directories hosting malicious files, and residential and IoT devices recruited into botnets or used to route malicious traffic while obfuscating its true origins. Much threat research is and has historically been focused on malware analysis and reverse engineering, concentrating on actor behavior and attack mechanics. This is useful for understanding the…
Emily Austin
Emily Austin
Emily is a Principal Security Researcher at Censys, where she studies security threats and other interesting Internet phenomena. Previously, she was a security engineer focused on threat hunting, detection, and incident response. Emily is interested in the application of data science and analytics techniques to problems in security, and in the past has worked on projects related to anti-abuse, fraud, and malicious web app traffic detection.