A Serious Game to Detect Attacks in Log Files

Motivation

Log files are the central place where all information about the usage of systems is collected. However, investigating log files to spot attacks is still a challenge1, i.e. since the relevant information might be distributed along several log files. The goal of this thesis is to develop a serious game to improve sysadmins’ understanding of how attacks or attack attempts like SQL injections manifest in log files. Possible implementations may consider raw log files or making use of log file monitors.

Goal

• Develop a serious game to train sysadmins in spotting attacks on their systems.

Helpful Knowledge

• Familiarity in a programming language
• Familiarity with the idea of serious games and gamification • Fundamentals in security and privacy
• Knowledge of (Linux) log files
• Creativity

Contact

For further information please approach Dr. Sebastian Pape (https://www.m-chair.de/pape).