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
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;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2013.226
