Automated email Generation for Targeted Attacks using Natural Language

TitleAutomated email Generation for Targeted Attacks using Natural Language
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsDas A, Verma R
Conference NameSecond Workshop on Text Analytics for Cybersecurity and Online Safety (TA-COS 2018)
PublisherEuropean Language Resources Association (ELRA)
Conference LocationMiyazaki, Japan
ISBN Number979-10-95546-00-9
Abstract

With an increasing number of malicious attacks, the number of people and organizations falling prey to social engineering attacks are proliferating. Despite considerable research in mitigation systems, attackers continually improve their modus operandi by using sophisticated machine learning, natural language processing techniques with an intent to launch successful targeted attacks aimed at deceiving detection mechanisms as well as the victims. We propose a system for advanced Email masquerading attacks using Natural Language Generation (NLG) techniques. Using legitimate as well as an influx of varying malicious content, the proposed deep learning system generates fake Emails with malicious content customized depending on the attacker's intent. The system leverages Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) for automated text generation. We also focus on the performance of the generated Emails in defeating statistical detectors and compare and analyze the Emails using a proposed baseline.

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