Intercepting and Monitoring Potentially Malicious Payloads with Web Honeypots

Rareș-Mihail Visalom (), Maria-Elena Mihăilescu, Răzvan Rughiniș and Dinu Țurcanu
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Rareș-Mihail Visalom: Computer Science and Engineering Department, Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
Maria-Elena Mihăilescu: Computer Science and Engineering Department, Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
Răzvan Rughiniș: Computer Science and Engineering Department, Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
Dinu Țurcanu: Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications, Technical University of Moldova (UTM), MD-2004 Chisinau, Moldova

Future Internet, 2025, vol. 17, issue 9, 1-32

Abstract: The rapid development of an increasing volume of web apps and the improper testing of the resulting code invariably provide more attack surfaces to potentially exploit. This leads to higher chances of facing cybersecurity breaches that can negatively impact both the users and providers of web services. Moreover, current data leaks resulting from breaches are most probably the fuel of future breaches and social engineering attacks. Given the context, a better analysis and understanding of web attacks are of the utmost priority. Our study provides practical insights into developing, implementing, deploying, and actively monitoring a web application-agnostic honeypot with the objective of improving the odds of defending against web attacks.

Keywords: honeypot; MISP; threat intelligence sharing; Web attacks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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