DNS dataset for malicious domains detection.

ABSTRACT: The Domain Name Service (DNS) is a central point in the functioning of the internet. Just as organizations use domain names to enable the access to their computational services, malicious actors make use of domain names to point to the services under their control. Distinguishing between non-malicious and malicious domain names is extremely important, as it allows to grant or block the access to external services, maximizing the security of the organization and users. Nowadays there are many DNS firewall solutions. Most of these are based on known malicious domain lists that are being constantly updated. However, in this way, it is only possible to block known malicious communications, leaving out many others that can be malicious but are not known. Adopting machine learning to classify do

SUBMITTER: Marques C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8437788 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature