{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4401508632","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/infocom52122.2024.10621335","title":"Exploiting Miscoordination of Microservices in Tandem for Effective DDoS Attacks","display_name":"Exploiting Miscoordination of Microservices in Tandem for Effective DDoS Attacks","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-05-20","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4401508632","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/infocom52122.2024.10621335"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/infocom52122.2024.10621335","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/infocom52122.2024.10621335","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE INFOCOM 2024 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5091083281","display_name":"Anat Bremler-Barr","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8165-2558"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16391192","display_name":"Tel Aviv University","ror":"https://ror.org/04mhzgx49","country_code":"IL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16391192"]}],"countries":["IL"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Anat Bremler-Barr","raw_affiliation_strings":["Tel Aviv University"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Tel Aviv University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16391192"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5092815373","display_name":"Michael Czeizler","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2801151526","display_name":"Brandman University","ror":"https://ror.org/013922990","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2801151526"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Michael Czeizler","raw_affiliation_strings":["Reichman University"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Reichman University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2801151526"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5027075095","display_name":"Hanoch Levy","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-3436"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16391192","display_name":"Tel Aviv University","ror":"https://ror.org/04mhzgx49","country_code":"IL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16391192"]}],"countries":["IL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hanoch Levy","raw_affiliation_strings":["Tel Aviv University"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Tel Aviv University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16391192"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5018909479","display_name":"Jhonatan Tavori","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7111-8960"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16391192","display_name":"Tel Aviv University","ror":"https://ror.org/04mhzgx49","country_code":"IL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16391192"]}],"countries":["IL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jhonatan Tavori","raw_affiliation_strings":["Tel Aviv University"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Tel Aviv University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16391192"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5091083281"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16391192"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.1919,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":6,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.88440856,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"231","last_page":"240"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10400","display_name":"Network Security and Intrusion Detection","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10400","display_name":"Network Security and Intrusion Detection","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10714","display_name":"Software-Defined Networks and 5G","score":0.9993000030517578,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11241","display_name":"Advanced Malware Detection Techniques","score":0.9993000030517578,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1711","display_name":"Signal Processing"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/microservices","display_name":"Microservices","score":0.7959145903587341},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/denial-of-service-attack","display_name":"Denial-of-service attack","score":0.7720614075660706},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6991697549819946},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/tandem","display_name":"Tandem","score":0.4762133061885834},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.19874930381774902},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cloud-computing","display_name":"Cloud computing","score":0.13985967636108398},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/the-internet","display_name":"The Internet","score":0.08784779906272888},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.07491239905357361}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778505942","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18344624","display_name":"Microservices","level":3,"score":0.7959145903587341},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38822068","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131406","display_name":"Denial-of-service attack","level":3,"score":0.7720614075660706},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6991697549819946},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777814067","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1752317","display_name":"Tandem","level":2,"score":0.4762133061885834},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.19874930381774902},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79974875","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483639","display_name":"Cloud computing","level":2,"score":0.13985967636108398},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110875604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75","display_name":"The Internet","level":2,"score":0.08784779906272888},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.07491239905357361},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C146978453","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3798668","display_name":"Aerospace engineering","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/infocom52122.2024.10621335","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/infocom52122.2024.10621335","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE INFOCOM 2024 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Zero hunger","score":0.4300000071525574,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/2"}],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322252","display_name":"Israel Science Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/04sazxf24"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":15,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1572793278","https://openalex.org/W2012185189","https://openalex.org/W2026961462","https://openalex.org/W2077497075","https://openalex.org/W2095552396","https://openalex.org/W2095867842","https://openalex.org/W2124299227","https://openalex.org/W2284610739","https://openalex.org/W2398297630","https://openalex.org/W2576242898","https://openalex.org/W2761278203","https://openalex.org/W3048739466","https://openalex.org/W3158045938","https://openalex.org/W3209366914","https://openalex.org/W4378832451"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W3181741639","https://openalex.org/W4210334847","https://openalex.org/W4367181468","https://openalex.org/W2767473057","https://openalex.org/W4225586032","https://openalex.org/W3003367851","https://openalex.org/W3119944216","https://openalex.org/W2994988622"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Today\u2019s":[0],"software":[1,16],"development":[2],"landscape":[3],"has":[4],"witnessed":[5],"a":[6,37,142,162],"shift":[7],"towards":[8],"microservices":[9,67,122],"based":[10],"architectures.":[11],"Using":[12],"this":[13],"approach,":[14],"large":[15],"systems":[17,45],"are":[18],"implemented":[19],"by":[20,52],"combining":[21],"loosely-coupled":[22],"services,":[23],"each":[24],"responsible":[25],"for":[26,166],"specific":[27],"task":[28],"and":[29,56,101,146,150,183],"defined":[30],"with":[31,123],"separate":[32,70],"scaling":[33,173],"properties.":[34],"Auto-scaling":[35],"is":[36,156],"primary":[38],"capability":[39],"of":[40,61,97,103,107,121,174],"cloud":[41,163],"computing":[42],"which":[43,68],"allows":[44],"to":[46,48,76,88,127],"adapt":[47],"fluctuating":[49],"traffic":[50],"loads":[51],"dynamically":[53],"increasing":[54],"(scale-up)":[55],"decreasing":[57],"(scale-down)":[58],"the":[59,118,134,139],"number":[60],"resources":[62,104],"used.We":[63],"observe":[64],"that":[65,157,171],"when":[66],"utilize":[69],"auto-scaling":[71,125],"mechanisms":[72,126],"operate":[73],"in":[74,94],"tandem":[75,119],"process":[77],"traffic,":[78],"they":[79],"may":[80,160],"perform":[81],"ineffectively,":[82],"especially":[83],"under":[84],"overload":[85],"conditions,":[86],"due":[87],"DDoS":[89],"attacks.":[90],"This":[91],"can":[92,116],"result":[93],"throttling":[95],"(Denial":[96],"service":[98,167],"-":[99,109],"DoS)":[100],"over-provisioning":[102],"(Economic":[105],"Denial":[106],"Sustainability":[108],"EDoS).This":[110],"paper":[111],"demonstrates":[112],"how":[113],"an":[114,129,180],"attacker":[115],"exploit":[117],"behavior":[120],"different":[124],"create":[128],"attack":[130,140],"we":[131],"denote":[132],"as":[133],"Tandem":[135],"Attack.":[136],"We":[137],"demonstrate":[138],"on":[141],"typical":[143],"Serverless":[144],"architecture":[145],"analyze":[147],"its":[148],"economical":[149],"performance":[151],"damages.":[152],"One":[153],"intriguing":[154],"finding":[155],"some":[158],"attacks":[159],"make":[161],"customer":[164],"paying":[165],"denied":[168],"requests.We":[169],"conclude":[170],"independent":[172],"loosely":[175],"coupled":[176],"components":[177],"might":[178,186],"form":[179],"inherent":[181],"difficulty":[182],"end-to-end":[184],"controls":[185],"be":[187],"needed.":[188]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-02-25T23:00:34.991745","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}