We’ve taken a novel approach to automating the determination of a phisher’s geographic location. With the help of Markov chains, we craft honeypot responses to phishers’ emails in an attempt to beat them at their own game. We’ll examine the underlying concepts, implementation of the system, and reveal some of the results from our ongoing experiment.
Robbie Gallagher is a security engineer with Atlassian in Austin, Texas. He received his bachelor’s degree in applied computing technology from Colorado State University, and has spent the past few years focusing on web application security and static analysis. In his free time, Robbie enjoys running, biking, economics, and coffee.