Chapter 6. Collecting Malware with Honeypots

6.1 A Primer on Malicious Software

6.2 Nepenthes — A Honeypot Solution to Collect Malware

6.3 Honeytrap

6.4 Other Honeypot Solutions for Learning About Malware

6.5 Summary

Software programs that serve malicious purposes are usually called malware, from malicious software. Most destructive is the type of malware that spreads automatically over the network from machine to machine by exploiting known or unknown vulnerabilities. Such malware is not only a constant threat to the integrity of individual computers on the Internet. In the form of botnets, for example, that can bring down almost any server through Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), the combined power of many compromised machines is a constant ...

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