Data · dataset · 2026
MCFP-14-M2
Listed in Teesside University Research Data Repository
The MCFP-14-M2 dataset is derived from the Malware Capture Facility Project (MCFP), a public repository of real-world malicious network traffic captured in controlled environments.
Description
It comprises labeled PCAP files from 14 representative malware families, covering diverse communication behaviors and attack patterns. Network traffic was collected in isolated sandbox settings, where infected hosts interacted with external command-and-control servers.
Ground-truth labels are provided at the session level. Raw PCAP files were processed to extract key IP header features, and network flows were reconstructed using five-tuple definitions. Each session is encoded into a fixed-size 50 × 50 RGB image based on selected header fields, and further aggregated into 100 × 100 composite representations.
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This transformation preserves structural characteristics of traffic while enabling efficient feature learning using image-based models. The dataset reflects realistic variability in traffic patterns and includes measures to ensure data consistency and class balance, making it suitable for benchmarking malware traffic classification methods.
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Where it is published
- DOI doi.org/10.17632/r6c3n84wmx.1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from researchdata tees ac uk
Catalogue records · 1
- OAI-PMH record data.mendeley.com/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Adata… ↗
metadata API · from researchdata tees ac uk
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science
- Inferred from text
- Image 75%
Provenance · 1 source records, 7 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teesside University Research Data Repository | oai:data.mendeley.com/r6c3n84wmx.1 | 9 h ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
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| access_level | source · researchdata tees ac uk | connector:researchdata_tees_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · researchdata tees ac uk | connector:researchdata_tees_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · researchdata tees ac uk | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| description | source · researchdata tees ac uk | connector:researchdata_tees_ac_uk@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/description |
| license | source · researchdata tees ac uk | connector:researchdata_tees_ac_uk@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/rights |
| publication_date | source · researchdata tees ac uk | connector:researchdata_tees_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · researchdata tees ac uk | connector:researchdata_tees_ac_uk@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/title |