Challenges in Forecasting Malicious Events from Incomplete Data

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2004.04597v1
• Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 22:57:23 GMT
• Title: Challenges in Forecasting Malicious Events from Incomplete Data
• Authors: Nazgol Tavabi, Andr\'es Abeliuk, Negar Mokhberian, Jeremy Abramson, Kristina Lerman
• Abstract summary: Researchers have attempted to combine external data with machine learning algorithms to learn indicators of impending cyber-attacks. But successful cyber-attacks represent a tiny fraction of all attempted attacks. As we show in this paper, the process of filtering reduces the predictability of cyber-attacks.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: The ability to accurately predict cyber-attacks would enable organizations to mitigate their growing threat and avert the financial losses and disruptions they cause. But how predictable are cyber-attacks? Researchers have attempted to combine external data -- ranging from vulnerability disclosures to discussions on Twitter and the darkweb -- with machine learning algorithms to learn indicators of impending cyber-attacks. However, successful cyber-attacks represent a tiny fraction of all attempted attacks: the vast majority are stopped, or filtered by the security appliances deployed at the target. As we show in this paper, the process of filtering reduces the predictability of cyber-attacks. The small number of attacks that do penetrate the target's defenses follow a different generative process compared to the whole data which is much harder to learn for predictive models. This could be caused by the fact that the resulting time series also depends on the filtering process in addition to all the different factors that the original time series depended on. We empirically quantify the loss of predictability due to filtering using real-world data from two organizations. Our work identifies the limits to forecasting cyber-attacks from highly filtered data.

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