Automatic Malware Analysis

Download or read book Automatic Malware Analysis written by Heng Yin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-09-14 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malicious software (i.e., malware) has become a severe threat to interconnected computer systems for decades and has caused billions of dollars damages each year. A large volume of new malware samples are discovered daily. Even worse, malware is rapidly evolving becoming more sophisticated and evasive to strike against current malware analysis and defense systems. Automatic Malware Analysis presents a virtualized malware analysis framework that addresses common challenges in malware analysis. In regards to this new analysis framework, a series of analysis techniques for automatic malware analysis is developed. These techniques capture intrinsic characteristics of malware, and are well suited for dealing with new malware samples and attack mechanisms.