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SweetBait: Zero-hour worm detection and containment using low- and high-interaction honeypots

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SweetBait: Zero-hour worm detection and containment using low- and high-interaction honeypots
As next-generation computer worms may spread within minutes to millions of hosts, protection via human intervention is no longer an option. We discuss the implementation of SweetBait, an automated protection system that employs low- and high-interaction honeypots to recognise and capture suspicious traffic. After discarding white-listed patterns, it automatically generates worm signatures. To provide a low response time, the signatures may be immediately distributed to network intrusion detection and prevention systems. At the same time the signatures are continuously refined for increased accuracy and lower false identification rates. By monitoring signature activity and predicting ascending or descending trends in worm virulence, we are able to sort signatures in order of urgency. As a result, the set of signatures to be monitored or filtered is managed in such a way that new and very active worms are always included in the set, while the size of the set is bounded. SweetBait is...
Georgios Portokalidis, Herbert Bos
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Type Journal
Year 2007
Where CN
Authors Georgios Portokalidis, Herbert Bos
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