First insights from a mobile honeypot

Computer systems are commonly attacked by malicious transport contacts. We present a comparative study that analyzes to what extent those attacks depend on the network access, in particular if an adversary targets specifically on mobile or non-mobile devices. Based on a mobile honeypot that extracts first statistical results, our findings indicate that a few topological domains of the Internet have started to place particular focus on attacking mobile networks. Categories and Subject Descriptors C.2.0 [Computer-Comm. Networks]: General—Security and protection (e.g., firewalls) General Terms Security Keywords Mobile vs. non-mobile attacks, mobile honeypot

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2012
• Where: SIGCOMM
• Authors: Matthias Wählisch, Sebastian Trapp, Christian Keil, Jochen Schönfelder, Thomas C. Schmidt, Jochen H. Schiller
• Keywords: Communications, Computer Comm, Honeypot, SIGCOMM 2012, Subject Descriptors