Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies
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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.
CryptoLock (and Drop It): Stopping Ransomware Attacks on User Data
2016267 citationsNolen Scaife, Henry Carter et al.profile →
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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Patrick Traynor. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Patrick Traynor. The network helps show where Patrick Traynor may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Traynor
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Scaife, Nolen, et al.. (2018). Fear the reaper: characterization and fast detection of card skimmers. USENIX Security Symposium. 1–14.15 indexed citations
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Reaves, Bradley, et al.. (2017). Authenticall: efficient identity and content authentication for phone calls. USENIX Security Symposium. 575–592.17 indexed citations
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Reaves, Bradley, et al.. (2017). Regulators, mount up! analysis of privacy policies for mobile money services. Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security. 97–114.21 indexed citations
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Tian, Dave, Nolen Scaife, Adam Bates, Kevin Butler, & Patrick Traynor. (2016). Making {USB} Great Again with {USBFILTER}. USENIX Security Symposium. 415–430.22 indexed citations
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Reaves, Bradley, et al.. (2015). Boxed out: blocking cellular interconnect bypass fraud at the network edge. USENIX Security Symposium. 833–848.13 indexed citations
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Reaves, Bradley, Nolen Scaife, Adam Bates, Patrick Traynor, & Kevin Butler. (2015). Mo(bile) money, mo(bile) problems: analysis of branchless banking applications in the developing world. USENIX Security Symposium. 17–32.56 indexed citations
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Harris, Andrew, Seymour E. Goodman, & Patrick Traynor. (2013). Privacy and Security Concerns Associated with Mobile Money Applications in Africa. 8(3). 245.28 indexed citations
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Lever, Charles, Manos Antonakakis, Bradley Reaves, Patrick Traynor, & Wenke Lee. (2013). The Core of the Matter: Analyzing Malicious Traffic in Cellular Carriers.. Network and Distributed System Security Symposium.41 indexed citations
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Bates, Adam, Kevin Butler, Micah Sherr, et al.. (2012). Accountable Wiretapping -or- I know they can hear you now.. Network and Distributed System Security Symposium.6 indexed citations
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Singh, Kapil, et al.. (2011). On the Disparity of Display Security in Mobile and Traditional Web Browsers. SMARTech Repository (Georgia Institute of Technology).3 indexed citations
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Dacosta, Italo & Patrick Traynor. (2010). Proxychain: developing a robust and efficient authentication infrastructure for carrier-scale VoIP networks. USENIX Annual Technical Conference. 10–10.10 indexed citations
Traynor, Patrick, Kevin Butler, William Enck, & Patrick McDaniel. (2008). Realizing Massive-Scale Conditional Access Systems Through Attribute-Based Cryptosystems.. Network and Distributed System Security Symposium.21 indexed citations
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Butler, Kevin, et al.. (2008). Systemic issues in the hart intercivic and premier voting systems: reflections on project EVEREST. 12.8 indexed citations
Traynor, Patrick, Patrick McDaniel, & Thomas La Porta. (2007). On attack causality in internet-connected cellular networks. USENIX Security Symposium. 21.53 indexed citations
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