Release Time:2019-07-01  Hits:

Indexed by: Journal Article

Date of Publication: 2019-12-01

Journal: FUTURE GENERATION COMPUTER SYSTEMS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ESCIENCE

Included Journals: EI、SCIE

Volume: 101

Page Number: 169-179

ISSN: 0167-739X

Key Words: Game theory; Pareto theory; Man-in-the-middle attacks; Cybersecurity; Artificial intelligence

Abstract: A successful man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack can result in significant financial loss and affect the cyber security of an organization. In this paper, we use a defender vs. multi-attacker Stackelberg game to model MITM attacks. We then propose an effective approach to compute the optimal defender strategy, based on a multi-double oracle algorithm. Finally, we quantify the gain and loss, based on the given noise packet insertion by calculating the Pareto optimal (non-dominated) solutions. We also demonstrate that our scheme achieves scalability and outperforms other non-strategy defense methods, based on findings from the simulations. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.