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Machine Learning for Cybersecurity Cookbook

By : Emmanuel Tsukerman
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Machine Learning for Cybersecurity Cookbook

By: Emmanuel Tsukerman

Overview of this book

Organizations today face a major threat in terms of cybersecurity, from malicious URLs to credential reuse, and having robust security systems can make all the difference. With this book, you'll learn how to use Python libraries such as TensorFlow and scikit-learn to implement the latest artificial intelligence (AI) techniques and handle challenges faced by cybersecurity researchers. You'll begin by exploring various machine learning (ML) techniques and tips for setting up a secure lab environment. Next, you'll implement key ML algorithms such as clustering, gradient boosting, random forest, and XGBoost. The book will guide you through constructing classifiers and features for malware, which you'll train and test on real samples. As you progress, you'll build self-learning, reliant systems to handle cybersecurity tasks such as identifying malicious URLs, spam email detection, intrusion detection, network protection, and tracking user and process behavior. Later, you'll apply generative adversarial networks (GANs) and autoencoders to advanced security tasks. Finally, you'll delve into secure and private AI to protect the privacy rights of consumers using your ML models. By the end of this book, you'll have the skills you need to tackle real-world problems faced in the cybersecurity domain using a recipe-based approach.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Setting up a virtual lab environment

To protect yourself and your network, it is imperative to take preventative steps when handling and analyzing malware. One of the best ways to do so is to set up an isolated virtual lab environment. A virtual lab environment consists of one or more Virtual Machines (VMs) in an isolated network. Isolating the network prevents malware from spreading through the network, at the cost of less realistic malware behavior.

Getting ready

In preparation for this recipe, do the following:

  1. Install a hypervisor.

A hypervisor is software that allows you to control VMs. One instance is VirtualBox, available for download for free at https://www.virtualbox.org/:

  1. Download a virtual image.

A virtual...