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ArticlePloS one2023

Domain generation algorithms detection with feature extraction and Domain Center construction.

Xinjie Sun, Zhifang Liu

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Article in PloS one, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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2 authors.

Xinjie SunInstitute of Computer Science, Liupanshui Normal University, Liupanshui, Guizhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4056-7373
Zhifang LiuInstitute of Computer Science, Liupanshui Normal University, Liupanshui, Guizhou, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Network attacks using Command and Control (C&C) servers have increased significantly. To hide their C&C servers, attackers often use Domain Generation Algorithms (DGA), which automatically generate domain names for C&C servers. Researchers have constructed many unique feature sets and detected DGA domains through machine learning or deep learning models. However, due to the limited features contained in the domain name, the DGA detection results are limited. In order to overcome this problem, the domain name features, the Whois features and the N-gram features are extracted for DGA detection. To obtain the N-gram features, the domain name whitelist and blacklist substring feature sets are constructed. In addition, a deep learning model based on BiLSTM, Attention and CNN is constructed. Additionally, the Domain Center is constructed for fast classification of domain names. Multiple comparative experiment results prove that the proposed model not only gets the best Accuracy, Precision, Recall and F1, but also greatly reduces the detection time.

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PMID36706089
PMCPMC9882890

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