Domain Generation Algorithm Machine Learning

Over the last decade domain generation algorithms dgas have become a popular tool for threat actors to deliver malware as it has become a difficult technique for defenders to counter attacks.

Domain generation algorithm machine learning. Abu alia a 2015 detecting domain flux botnet using machine learning techniques. Domain generation algorithms dga are algorithms seen in various families of malware that are used to periodically generate a large number of domain names that can be used as rendezvous points with their command and control servers the large number of potential rendezvous points makes it difficult for law enforcement to effectively shut down botnets since infected computers will attempt to. Evaluating deep learning approaches to characterize and classify the dgas at scale journal of intelligent and fuzzy systems ios press detecting malicious domain names using deep learning approaches at scale. 14th international conference securecomm 2018 singapore singapore august 8 10 2018 proceedings part i.

In order to perform an attack threat actors often employ a domain generation algorithm dga which can allow malware to communicate with c2 by generating a. In this paper three different variants of generative adversarial networks gans are used to improve domain generation by making the domains more difficult for machine learning algorithms to detect. 2018 domain generation algorithm detection using machine learning methods. Baruch m david g.

In this paper we propose a machine learning framework for identifying and clustering domain names to circumvent threats from a dga. The domains generated by traditional dgas and the gan based dga are then compared by using state of the art machine learning based dga classifiers. We collect a real time threat intelligent feed over a six month period where all domains have threats on the public internet at the time of collection. In addition the dga domain list provided by the algorithm is a valuable asset for any security team enabling them to efficiently mitigate threats while reducing.

A machine learning framework for domain generation algorithm based malware detection abstract. Lehto m neittaanmäki p. We showed how the calico enterprise dga machine learning algorithm can detect any present or future apts using dga to connect back to the c2 servers while minimizing false positives. Please cite the following papers if you use the code as part of your research.

Attackers usually use a command and control c2 server to manipulate the communication. Science and engineering vol 93. Intelligent systems control and automation.