Classification of DNS Queries for Anomaly Detection

We propose a new method that uses a neural network, the Growing Hierarchical Self-Organizing Map (GHSOM), to analyze the DNS query log files. Due to the structure of the DNS query frequency, infected computers are easy to detect. Our experiment shows the different DNS query structure between healthy and infected computers.

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