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There is clearly no point in spyware gathering information for an adversary without the adversary having the ability to collect it. Colloquially speaking, spyware must somehow “phone home,” transmitting or otherwise exfiltrating information. This chapter examines four aspects of this: the difference between push- and pull-based approaches to exfiltration; how spyware finds out where “home” is; hiding the fact that information is being leaked; general defenses against information leaking.
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Aycock, J. (2011). Phoning Home. In: Spyware and Adware. Advances in Information Security, vol 50. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77741-2_5
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