Cyber Attack Detection Methods over Open Source Intelligence

Year 2019, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 577 - 593, 31.01.2019

Ali Eksim , Mustafa Kara

https://doi.org/10.29130/dubited.494416

Cited By: 1

Abstract

In recent years, the growing impact of cybercrime has revealed worldwide intelligence and law enforcement
agencies to overcome cyber threats. All institutions and organizations are trying to learn how to fight cybercrime
in the best possible way. With the development and expansion of internet networking technologies, it becomes
increasingly difficult to prevent cyber attacks. It is rapidly developing as an important tool for intelligence units
by collecting data on the internet to generate a comprehensive analysis of dangerous targets on the network. As
the amount of available open-source resources on the internet increases rapidly, the emerging open-source
intelligence, in other words, is more effective within the framework of OSINT methods. In this connection, advanced software tools and techniques are further developed for the effective and efficient collection and
processing of information. In this study, the concept of OSINT was discussed in all aspects for cyber attack
detection. The purpose of browsing, finding, collecting, extracting, using, verifying and analyzing the OSINT
concept through publicly available data is explained in detail. Existing efforts to use open source data for
research against cyber threats have been reviewed and examined in detail. In addition, the cyber crime
investigation framework has been proposed to combat cybercrime effectively.

Keywords

Open Source Intelligence, Security, OSINT, Attack Detection, Cyber Defense

Açık Kaynak İstihbaratı Üzerinden Siber Saldırı Tespiti Yöntemleri

Abstract

Son yıllarda siber suçun gittikçe büyüyen etkisi, siber tehditlerin üstesinden gelmek için dünya çapında istihbarat
ve kanun uygulayıcı kurumlar ortaya çıkartmıştır. Tüm kurum ve kuruluşlar siber suçla en iyi şekilde nasıl
mücadele edileceğini öğrenmeye çalışmaktadır. İnternet ağ teknolojilerinin gelişmesi ve genişlemesi ile siber
saldırıları engellemek gittikçe zorlaşmaktadır. Ağdaki tehlikeli hedeflerin kapsamlı bir analizini oluşturmak için
internette açık halde bulunan verileri toplayarak istihbarat elde etmek, istihbarat birimleri için önemli bir araç
olarak hızla gelişmektedir. İnternetteki mevcut açık kaynakların miktarı hızla arttıkça, siber suçla mücadele
gelişen açık kaynak istihbaratı yani OSINT yöntemleri çerçevesinde daha etkin olmaktadır. Buna bağlı olarak
bilginin etkili ve verimli bir şekilde toplanması ve işlenmesi için gelişmiş yazılım araçları ve teknikleri daha da
gelişmektedir. Bu çalışmada, OSINT kavramı siber saldırı tespiti için her açıdan ele alınmıştır. OSINT kavramını
internet ortamında kamuya açık paylaşılan veriler üzerinden tarama, bulma, toplama, çıkarma, kullanma,
doğrulama ve analiz yaparak elde etme amaçlı destek yöntemleri detaylandırılarak anlatılmıştır. Siber tehditlere
karşı geliştiren araştırmalar için açık kaynak verilerinin kullanılmasına yönelik mevcut çabalar gözden geçirilmiş
ve detaylı bir şekilde incelenmiştir. Bunlara ek olarak, siber suçlarla etkin mücadele için siber suç soruşturma
çerçevesi önerilmiştir.

Keywords

Açık Kaynak İstihbaratı, Güvenlik, OSINT, Saldırı Tespiti, Siber Savunma

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