This paper calls for the attention to investigate real-world malwares in large scales by
examining the largest real malware repository, VirusTotal. As a first step, we analyzed two …

Malware samples are created at a pace that makes it difficult for analysis to keep up. When
analyzing an unknown malware sample, it is important to assess its capabilities to determine …

Malware is constantly changing and is released very rapidly, necessarily to remain effective
in the changing computer landscape. Some malware files can be related to each other; …

Malicious software installed on infected computers is a fundamental component of online
crime. Malware development thus plays an essential role in the underground economy of …

In this paper we address the following questions: From a networking perspective, do
malicious programs (malware, bots, viruses, etc...) behave differently from benign programs …

The number of unique malware samples is growing out of control. Over the years, security
companies have designed and deployed complex infrastructures to collect and analyze this …

It has been argued that an anti-virus strategy based on malware collected at a certain date,
will not work at a later date because malware evolves rapidly and an anti-virus engine is …

Security is a constant cat-and-mouse game between those trying to keep abreast of and
detect novel malware, and the malware authors attempting to evade detection. The …

In this work, we propose Malware Collection Booster (McBoost), a fast statistical malware
detection tool that is intended to improve the scalability of existing malware collection and …

To handle the large number of malware samples appearing in the wild each day, security
analysts and vendors employ automated tools to detect, classify and analyze malicious …