Automated Honeypot Generation via System State Copying
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Solution Overview
Problem
Implementing honeypots for specific target systems requires significant manual effort and expertise, making it challenging to efficiently configure and deploy them, especially in environments like corporate IT and IoT, where automated and automated threat analysis tools are desirable.
Innovation Solution
A method for generating a honeypot using a honeypot generating device that accesses the target system to ascertain its directory tree, operating system shell commands, and running processes, allowing for the creation of a white-box honeypot that imitates the target system's functionality, including dynamic content, while filtering out sensitive information and implementing shell commands in a 'defused' form to avoid potential damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If manual configuration of honeypots is performed, then the honeypot can be accurately configured for specific target systems, but the implementation process requires a lot of manual work by experts and is time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the copying principle by automatically creating a replica of the target system's file system structure, shell commands, and running processes. The honeypot generating device extracts this information from the target system and generates a virtual honeypot that mirrors the target's characteristics, eliminating the need for manual configuration while maintaining accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies self-service by having the honeypot generating device automatically perform the configuration tasks that would otherwise require expert manual intervention. The device autonomously ascertains system information, generates the honeypot structure, and configures it without human expertise, thereby reducing both time and skill requirements.
2Ease of operation
If automated generation of honeypots is implemented, then the configuration process becomes easier and faster, but the complexity of the generating device increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a honeypot generating device that can handle multiple target system types (different operating systems, file system structures, and service configurations) through a single unified approach. The device uses general-purpose extraction and generation mechanisms that work across diverse system architectures, reducing complexity compared to system-specific solutions.
Solution Approach 2:
By using the copying principle to automatically replicate target system characteristics, the patent simplifies the generating device's operation. Instead of requiring complex manual configuration logic for each system type, the device simply extracts and copies the relevant system information, significantly reducing operational complexity while maintaining ease of use.
3Manufacturing precision
If the honeypot copies all system information including sensitive data, then the honeypot is more accurate and credible, but security risks increase due to potential exposure of sensitive information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the extraction principle by selectively extracting only the necessary information for creating a credible honeypot while excluding sensitive data. The honeypot generating device identifies and extracts system characteristics needed for accuracy (file system structure, shell commands, running processes) while filtering out sensitive information that could pose security risks, thus balancing accuracy with security.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies local quality by differentiating between different types of system information and applying different handling approaches. Critical system characteristics are copied to maintain accuracy, while sensitive information is either excluded or anonymized. This selective approach allows the honeypot to be locally accurate where needed while being secure where sensitivity is concerned.
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AI summary
A method for generating a honeypot for a target system. The method includes ascertaining, by means of a honeypot generating device, which is granted access to the target system, the directory tree of a file system of the target system, operating system shell commands supported by the operating system and processes running on the target system by accessing the target system and generating, by means of the honeypot generating device, a honeypot, which contains a file system with a copy of the ascertained directory tree, imitates the ascertained shell commands and imitates the execution of the ascertained processes.