Cyber threat analysis for university networks via virtual honeypots
Will Davis, Hongmei Chi · 2011
Multi-system university computer laboratories are becoming more vulnerable to attacks as the gain for the attackers become more lucrative. Universities are a special case of the traditional commercial networks as they are constantly under attack due to their large number of desktops and large data pipes to the Internet and other research institutions. There are numerous of malicious software created for the purpose of harming computer systems. With new attacks, it is difficult to defend networks against the attack until you determine how it was created. Therefore, within university networks it is urgent to identify immediately after one computer has been compromised.