Applying Bag of System Calls for Anomalous Behavior Detection of Applications in Linux Containers

TL;DR

This paper explores using a bag-of-system-calls approach to detect anomalies in Linux containers, enabling intrusion detection without prior knowledge or modifications to containers or kernels.

Contribution

It introduces a novel method for anomaly detection in Linux containers based on system call analysis without needing prior container knowledge or system modifications.

Findings

Effective detection of anomalous container behavior

No need for container or kernel modifications

Applicable to real-time intrusion detection

Abstract

In this paper, we present the results of using bags of system calls for learning the behavior of Linux containers for use in anomaly-detection based intrusion detection system. By using system calls of the containers monitored from the host kernel for anomaly detection, the system does not require any prior knowledge of the container nature, neither does it require altering the container or the host kernel.