• DocumentCode
    2787
  • Title

    Active versus Passive Malware Collection

  • Author

    Ying-Dar Lin ; Chia-Yin Lee ; Yu-Sung Wu ; Pei-Hsiu Ho ; Fu-yu Wang ; Yi-Lang Tsai

  • Volume
    47
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Apr. 2014
  • Firstpage
    59
  • Lastpage
    65
  • Abstract
    An exploration of active and passive malware honeypots reveals that the two systems yield vastly different malware collections and that peer-to-peer file sharing is an important, but often overlooked, malware source.
  • Keywords
    invasive software; peer-to-peer computing; active malware collection; active malware honeypots; passive malware collection; passive malware honeypots; peer-to-peer file sharing; Databases; Malware; Peer-to-peer computing; Telecommunication traffic; Trojan horses; Virtual machining; honeypots; malware collection and detection; network security; network vulnerability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2013.226
  • Filename
    6544525