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HackIT: A Human-in-the-Loop Simulation Tool for Realistic Cyber Deception Experiments

Authors : Palvi Aggarwal, Aksh Gautam, Vaibhav Agarwal, Cleotilde Gonzalez, Varun Dutt

Published in: Advances in Human Factors in Cybersecurity

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Deception, an art of making someone believe in something that is not true, may provide a promising real-time solution against cyber-attacks. In this paper, we propose a human-in-the-loop real-world simulation tool called HackIT, which could be configured to create different cyber-security scenarios involving deception. We discuss how researchers can use HackIT to create networks of different sizes; use deception and configure different webservers as honeypots; and, create any number of fictitious ports, services, fake operating systems, and fake files on honeypots. Next, we report a case-study involving HackIT where adversaries were tasked with stealing information from a simulated network over multiple rounds. In one condition in HackIT, deception occurred early; and, in the other condition, it occurred late. Results revealed that participants used different attack strategies across the two conditions. We discuss the potential of using HackIT in helping cyber-security teams understand adversarial cognition in the laboratory.

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Title
HackIT: A Human-in-the-Loop Simulation Tool for Realistic Cyber Deception Experiments
Authors
Palvi Aggarwal
Aksh Gautam
Vaibhav Agarwal
Cleotilde Gonzalez
Varun Dutt
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Advances in Human Factors in Cybersecurity

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-20487-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-20488-4

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20488-4_11

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