• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.1037-1046
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• 2024

The widespread adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) has enhanced efficiency and convenience across various fields, but it has also led to a surge in security threats. Among these, IoT botnets are particularly concerning as they can rapidly infect a large number of devices and launch various types of attacks, making them a significant security threat. In IoT environments where implementing security measures on individual devices is challenging, establishing a security monitoring system for real-time detection and response is essential to mitigate the risks posed by botnets. In the field of security monitoring, it is crucial not only to detect botnets but also to analyze their detailed behaviors to devise effective countermeasures. Security experts devote considerable effort to analyzing the payloads of detected threats to understand botnet behavior and develop appropriate responses. However, analyzing all threats manually is time-consuming and costly. To address this, our study proposes an XAI-based network feature extraction methodology to enhance the effectiveness of IoT botnet behavior analysis. This study proposes a practical security monitoring methodology for IoT botnet behavior analysis and response, consisting of three steps: 1) BPE and TF-IDF based payload feature extraction, 2) XAI-based feature importance analysis, and 3) visualization of decision rationale based on feature importance. This approach provides security experts with intuitive visual evidence of IoT attacks and reduces analysis time, contributing to faster decision-making and response strategy development in security monitoring.