Finding and Analyzing Evil Cities on the Internet

Matthijs G.T. van Polen; Giovane Moreira Moura; Aiko Pras

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-21484-4_4

Finding and Analyzing Evil Cities on the Internet

Matthijs G.T. van Polen, Giovane Moreira Moura, Aiko Pras

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Abstract

IP Geolocation is used to determine the geographical location of Internet users based on their IP addresses. When it comes to security, most of the traditional geolocation analysis is performed at country level. Since countries usually have many cities/towns of different sizes, it is expected that they behave differently when performing malicious activities. Therefore, in this paper we refine geolocation analysis to the city level. The idea is to find the most dangerous cities on the Internet and observe how they behave. This information can then be used by security analysts to improve their methods and tools. To perform this analysis, we have obtained and evaluated data from a real-world honeypot network of 125 hosts and from production e-mail servers.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security (AIMS)
Editors	Isabelle Chrisment, Alva Couch, Rémi Badonnel, Martin Waldburger
Place of Publication	Nancy, France
Publisher	Springer
Pages	38-48
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-21483-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21484-4_4
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	5th International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security 2011 - Ecole Supérieure d'Informatique et Applications de Lorraine, Nancy, France Duration: 13 Jun 2011 → 17 Jun 2011 Conference number: 5 http://www.aims-conference.org/2011/AIMS2011/Welcome.html

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Volume	6734
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	5th International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security 2011
Abbreviated title	AIMS 2011
Country/Territory	France
City	Nancy
Period	13/06/11 → 17/06/11
Internet address	http://www.aims-conference.org/2011/AIMS2011/Welcome.html

Keywords

METIS-277609
EWI-20081
IR-76708

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10.1007/978-3-642-21484-4_4

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van Polen, M. G. T., Moreira Moura, G., & Pras, A. (2011). Finding and Analyzing Evil Cities on the Internet. In I. Chrisment, A. Couch, R. Badonnel, & M. Waldburger (Eds.), Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security (AIMS) (pp. 38-48). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 6734). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21484-4_4

van Polen, Matthijs G.T. ; Moreira Moura, Giovane ; Pras, Aiko. / Finding and Analyzing Evil Cities on the Internet. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security (AIMS). editor / Isabelle Chrisment ; Alva Couch ; Rémi Badonnel ; Martin Waldburger. Nancy, France : Springer, 2011. pp. 38-48 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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van Polen, MGT, Moreira Moura, G & Pras, A 2011, Finding and Analyzing Evil Cities on the Internet. in I Chrisment, A Couch, R Badonnel & M Waldburger (eds), Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security (AIMS). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 6734, Springer, Nancy, France, pp. 38-48, 5th International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security 2011, Nancy, France, 13/06/11. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21484-4_4

Finding and Analyzing Evil Cities on the Internet. / van Polen, Matthijs G.T.; Moreira Moura, Giovane; Pras, Aiko.
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security (AIMS). ed. / Isabelle Chrisment; Alva Couch; Rémi Badonnel; Martin Waldburger. Nancy, France: Springer, 2011. p. 38-48 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 6734).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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van Polen MGT, Moreira Moura G, Pras A. Finding and Analyzing Evil Cities on the Internet. In Chrisment I, Couch A, Badonnel R, Waldburger M, editors, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security (AIMS). Nancy, France: Springer. 2011. p. 38-48. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-21484-4_4