Moheeb Abu Rajab

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Moheeb Abu Rajab is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Signal Processing and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Moheeb Abu Rajab has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 10 papers in Signal Processing and 8 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Moheeb Abu Rajab's work include Network Security and Intrusion Detection (12 papers), Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (10 papers) and Spam and Phishing Detection (8 papers). Moheeb Abu Rajab is often cited by papers focused on Network Security and Intrusion Detection (12 papers), Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (10 papers) and Spam and Phishing Detection (8 papers). Moheeb Abu Rajab collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Spain. Moheeb Abu Rajab's co-authors include Fabian Monrose, Andreas Terzis, Niels Provos, Panayiotis Mavrommatis, Lucas Ballard, Kurt Thomas, Damon McCoy, Chris Grier, Vern Paxson and Antonio Nappa and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, ACM Transactions on Internet Technology and Queue.

In The Last Decade

Moheeb Abu Rajab

17 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A multifaceted approach to understanding the botnet phenomenon

2006 398 citations Moheeb Abu Rajab, Fabian Monrose et al. profile →
All your iFRAMEs point to Us

2008 326 citations Niels Provos, Panayiotis Mavrommatis et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Moheeb Abu Rajab United States	14	1.0k	886	813	635	83	17	1.4k
Brett Stone-Gross United States	11	682 0.7×	514 0.6×	518 0.6×	525 0.8×	79 1.0×	11	949
Christopher Krügel Austria	10	521 0.5×	459 0.5×	542 0.7×	594 0.9×	48 0.6×	11	903
Kangkook Jee United States	13	626 0.6×	569 0.6×	414 0.5×	410 0.6×	15 0.2×	25	905
Minaxi Gupta United States	17	867 0.8×	393 0.4×	718 0.9×	529 0.8×	282 3.4×	45	1.3k
Xiaojing Liao United States	16	303 0.3×	361 0.4×	466 0.6×	306 0.5×	77 0.9×	57	801
Scott E. Coull United States	15	794 0.8×	523 0.6×	266 0.3×	1.1k 1.7×	110 1.3×	25	1.2k
Kannan Achan United States	13	438 0.4×	242 0.3×	475 0.6×	542 0.9×	53 0.6×	44	853
Luyi Xing United States	14	282 0.3×	455 0.5×	457 0.6×	292 0.5×	60 0.7×	31	692
Johanna Amann United States	11	403 0.4×	337 0.4×	334 0.4×	458 0.7×	75 0.9×	18	778
Ivan Krsul United States	8	741 0.7×	335 0.4×	565 0.7×	391 0.6×	32 0.4×	13	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Moheeb Abu Rajab

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17 of 17 papers shown

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Thomas, Kurt, Juan A. Crespo, Ali Asghar Tofigh, et al.. (2016). Investigating Commercial Pay-Per-Install and the Distribution of Unwanted Software. USENIX Security Symposium. 721–739. 27 indexed citations

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Mavrommatis, Panayiotis, et al.. (2015). Trends and lessons from three years fighting malicious extensions. USENIX Security Symposium. 579–593. 37 indexed citations

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Thomas, Kurt, Elie Bursztein, Chris Grier, et al.. (2015). Ad Injection at Scale: Assessing Deceptive Advertisement Modifications. 151–167. 68 indexed citations

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Rajab, Moheeb Abu, et al.. (2013). CAMP: Content-Agnostic Malware Protection. Network and Distributed System Security Symposium. 45 indexed citations

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Grier, Chris, Lucas Ballard, Juan Caballero, et al.. (2012). Manufacturing compromise. Lirias (KU Leuven). 821–832. 140 indexed citations

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Rajab, Moheeb Abu, Lucas Ballard, Panayiotis Mavrommatis, Niels Provos, & Xin Zhao. (2010). The nocebo effect on the web: an analysis of fake anti-virus distribution. 3–3. 40 indexed citations

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Rajab, Moheeb Abu, Lucas Ballard, Panayiotis Mavrommatis, Niels Provos, & Xin Zhao. (2010). The nocebo effec on the Web: an analysis of fake anti-virus distribution. 35(6). 18–25. 1 indexed citations

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Rajab, Moheeb Abu, Fabian Monrose, & Niels Provos. (2010). Peeking Through the Cloud. ACM Transactions on Internet Technology. 10(3). 1–21. 8 indexed citations

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Provos, Niels, Moheeb Abu Rajab, & Panayiotis Mavrommatis. (2009). Cybercrime 2.0: When the Cloud Turns Dark. Queue. 7(2). 46–47. 14 indexed citations

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Provos, Niels, Moheeb Abu Rajab, & Panayiotis Mavrommatis. (2009). Cybercrime 2.0. Communications of the ACM. 52(4). 42–47. 47 indexed citations

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Provos, Niels, Panayiotis Mavrommatis, Moheeb Abu Rajab, & Fabian Monrose. (2008). All your iFRAMEs point to Us. 1–15. 326 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rajab, Moheeb Abu, et al.. (2007). My botnet is bigger than yours (maybe, better than yours): why size estimates remain challenging. 5–5. 143 indexed citations

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Rajab, Moheeb Abu, et al.. (2006). A multifaceted approach to understanding the botnet phenomenon. 41–52. 398 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rajab, Moheeb Abu, Fabian Monrose, & Andreas Terzis. (2006). On the impact of dynamic addressing on malware propagation. 51–56. 27 indexed citations

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Rajab, Moheeb Abu, Fabian Monrose, & Andreas Terzis. (2005). On the effectiveness of distributed worm monitoring. USENIX Security Symposium. 15–15. 44 indexed citations

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Cole, Robert, N. Phamdo, Moheeb Abu Rajab, & Andreas Terzis. (2005). Requirements on Worm Mitigation Technologies in MANETS. 207–214. 12 indexed citations

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Rajab, Moheeb Abu, Fabian Monrose, & Andreas Terzis. (2005). Worm evolution tracking via timing analysis. 52–59. 14 indexed citations

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