Evaluation and demonstration of the usage of a virtual honeynet for monitoring and recording online attacks

Abstract

Even though the Internet has revolutionized our perception of global communications and business, it is also feared as one of the stealthiest threats to both individuals and organizations alike. The threats posed vary from simple port scans to the distribution of viruses, worms and the deployment of distributed denial of service attacks by malicious Hackers, also known as Blackhats. This project addresses the above problem domain and strives to provide a reliable mechanism to gather information of suspected and ongoing attacks through the implementation of a virtual honeynet. The acquired information could be used to build enhanced security measures against Blackhat attacks.