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Manoj Cherukuri and Srinivas Mukkamala
Figure 19: Shows customized link visualization where domains exist in the left pane
8. Future work
We are planning to perform similarity analysis among different malicious websites to identify clusters
of malicious sites under one control. This helps in understanding the behavior and the characteristics
of the groups of attackers. We are also planning to extend this study using content analysis of the
malicious webpages.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank our data sources PhishTank, Malware Domain Blocklist, MalwarePatrol,
Malware Domain List, joewein.de LLC. and abuse.ch.
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