NDLI: Addressing SMTP-Based Mass-Mailing Activity within Enterprise Networks

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Whyte, D. van Oorschot, P.C. Kranakis, E.
Copyright Year	2006
Description	Author affiliation: Carleton University, Canada (Whyte, D.; van Oorschot, P.C.; Kranakis, E.)
Abstract	Malicious mass-mailing activity on the Internet is a serious and continuing threat that includes mass-mailing worms, spam, and phishing. A mechanism commonly used to deliver such malicious mass mail is an SMTP-engine, which turns an infected system into a malicious mail server. We present a technique that enables, within a single mailing attempt in many popular network environments, detection and containment of (even zero-day) SMTP-engine based mass-mailing activity. Contrary to other mass-mailing detection techniques our approach is content independent and requires no attachment processing, network traffic correlation, statistical measures, or system behavioral analysis. It relies instead on the observation of DNS MX queries within the enterprise network. This stateless detection technique requires minimal computational resources making it ideally suited for real-time wire-speed deployment.
Sponsorship	Appl. Comput. Security Assoc
Starting Page	393
Ending Page	402
File Size	282304
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769527167
ISSN	10639527
DOI	10.1109/ACSAC.2006.11
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2006-12-11
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Electronic mail Network servers Computer worms Web server System testing IP networks Protocols Information filtering Information filters Computer science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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