Marco Zuppelli

Research Activity

Information Hiding, Steganography, Covert Channels.

Bio

Marco Zuppelli is a third year PhD student at University of Genoa and a research fellow at the Institute for Applied Mathematics and Information Technologies of the National Research Council of Italy. Within the European Project SIMARGL (Secure Intelligent Methods for Advanced RecoGnition of malware and stegomalware), he investigates novel detection methods for steganographic malware exploiting both network and local covert channels. His main research interests are the use of in-kernel methodologies (e.g., the extended Berkeley Packet Filter) to collect information on software/network components, and the design of mechanisms for detecting malicious communications in an efficient, scalable and extensible manner. Moreover, he is studying and analyzing mitigation techniques targeting malware able to conceal itself into digital objects, such as images.

Projects

SIMARGL

Publications