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A Text Mining-based Intrusion Log Recommendation in Digital Forensics

디지털 포렌식에서 텍스트 마이닝 기반 침입 흔적 로그 추천

  • 고수정 (인덕대학교 컴퓨터소프트웨어과)
  • Received : 2013.02.04
  • Accepted : 2013.04.26
  • Published : 2013.06.30

Abstract

In digital forensics log files have been stored as a form of large data for the purpose of tracing users' past behaviors. It is difficult for investigators to manually analysis the large log data without clues. In this paper, we propose a text mining technique for extracting intrusion logs from a large log set to recommend reliable evidences to investigators. In the training stage, the proposed method extracts intrusion association words from a training log set by using Apriori algorithm after preprocessing and the probability of intrusion for association words are computed by combining support and confidence. Robinson's method of computing confidences for filtering spam mails is applied to extracting intrusion logs in the proposed method. As the results, the association word knowledge base is constructed by including the weights of the probability of intrusion for association words to improve the accuracy. In the test stage, the probability of intrusion logs and the probability of normal logs in a test log set are computed by Fisher's inverse chi-square classification algorithm based on the association word knowledge base respectively and intrusion logs are extracted from combining the results. Then, the intrusion logs are recommended to investigators. The proposed method uses a training method of clearly analyzing the meaning of data from an unstructured large log data. As the results, it complements the problem of reduction in accuracy caused by data ambiguity. In addition, the proposed method recommends intrusion logs by using Fisher's inverse chi-square classification algorithm. So, it reduces the rate of false positive(FP) and decreases in laborious effort to extract evidences manually.

디지털 포렌식에서의 로그 데이터는 사용자의 과거 행적에 대한 추적을 목적으로 대용량의 형태로 저장된다는 특성을 가지고 있다. 이러한 대용량의 로그 데이터를 단서가 없이 수동으로 분석하는 절차는 조사관들에게는 어려운 일이다. 본 논문에서는 포렌식 분석을 하는 조사관들에게 믿을 만한 증거를 추천하기 위하여 대용량의 로그 집합으로부터 해킹 흔적을 추출하는 텍스트 마이닝 기술을 제안한다. 학습 단계에서는 훈련 로그 집합을 대상으로 전처리를 한 후, Apriori 알고리즘을 이용하여 침입 흔적 연관 단어를 추출하고, 신뢰도와 지지도를 병합하여 각 연관단어의 침입 흔적 확률을 계산한다. 또한, 침입 흔적 확률의 정확도를 높이기 위하여 스팸 메일의 여과에 사용된 Robinson의 신뢰도 계산 방법을 이용하여 확률에 가중치를 추가하며, 최종적으로 침입 흔적 연관 단어 지식 베이스를 구축한다. 테스트 단계에서는 연관 단어 지식 베이스를 기반으로 테스트 로그 집합에 대해 피셔(Fisher)의 역 카이제곱 분류 알고리즘을 적용하여 침입 흔적 로그일 확률과 정상 로그일 확률을 계산하고, 이를 병합하여 침입 흔적 로그를 추출한다. 추출된 로그를 조사관에게 침입 흔적이 있는 로그로서 추천한다. 제안한 방법은 비구조화된 대용량의 로그 데이터를 대상으로 데이터의 의미를 명확하게 분석할 수 있는 학습 방법을 사용함으로써 데이터의 모호성으로 인해 발생하는 정확도 저하 문제를 보완할 수 있으며, 피셔의 역 카이제곱 분류 알고리즘을 이용하여 추천함으로써 오분류율(false positive)을 감소시키고 수동으로 증거를 추출하는 번거로움을 줄일 수 있다는 장점을 갖는다.

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