A Highly Interactive Honeypot-Based Approach to Network Threat Management

Xingyuan Yang, Jie Yuan (), Hao Yang, Ya Kong, Hao Zhang and Jinyu Zhao
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Xingyuan Yang: School of Cyberspace Security, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 102206, China
Jie Yuan: School of Cyberspace Security, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 102206, China
Hao Yang: School of Cyberspace Security, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 102206, China
Ya Kong: School of Cyberspace Security, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 102206, China
Hao Zhang: School of Cyberspace Security, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 102206, China
Jinyu Zhao: School of Cyberspace Security, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 102206, China

Future Internet, 2023, vol. 15, issue 4, 1-31

Abstract: In this paper, considering the problem that the common defensive means in the current cyber confrontation often fall into disadvantage, honeypot technology is adopted to turn reactive into proactive to deal with the increasingly serious cyberspace security problem. We address the issue of common defensive measures in current cyber confrontations that frequently lead to disadvantages. To tackle the progressively severe cyberspace security problem, we propose the adoption of honeypot technology to shift from a reactive to a proactive approach. This system uses honeypot technology for active defense, tempting attackers into a predetermined sandbox to observe the attacker’s behavior and attack methods to better protect equipment and information security. During the research, it was found that due to the singularity of traditional honeypots and the limitations of low-interactivity honeypots, the application of honeypot technology has difficulty in achieving the desired protective effect. Therefore, the system adopts a highly interactive honeypot and a modular design idea to distinguish the honeypot environment from the central node of data processing, so that the honeypot can obtain more sufficient information and the honeypot technology can be used more easily. By managing honeypots at the central node, i.e., adding, deleting, and modifying honeypots and other operations, it is easy to maintain and upgrade the system, while reducing the difficulty of using honeypots. The high-interactivity honeypot technology not only attracts attackers into pre-set sandboxes to observe their behavior and attack methods, but also performs a variety of advanced functions, such as network threat analysis, virtualization, vulnerability perception, tracing reinforcement, and camouflage detection. We have conducted a large number of experimental comparisons and proven that our method has significant advantages compared to traditional honeypot technology and provides detailed data support. Our research provides new ideas and effective methods for network security protection.

Keywords: high interaction honeypot; cyber threat analysis; virtualization; vulnerability detection; traceability reinforcement; masquerade detection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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