A novel deep framework for dynamic malware detection based on API sequence intrinsic features

C Li, Q Lv, N Li, Y Wang, D Sun, Y Qiao - Computers & Security, 2022 - Elsevier
Dynamic malware detection executes the software in a secured virtual environment and
monitors its run-time behavior. This technique widely uses API sequence analysis to identify …

Cruparamer: Learning on parameter-augmented api sequences for malware detection

X Chen, Z Hao, L Li, L Cui, Y Zhu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Learning on execution behaviour, ie, sequences of API calls, is proven to be effective in
malware detection. In this paper, we present CruParamer, a deep neural network based …

ASSCA: API sequence and statistics features combined architecture for malware detection

L Xiaofeng, J Fangshuo, Z Xiao, Y Shengwei, S Jing… - Computer Networks, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, a new deep learning and machine learning combined model is proposed for
malware behavior analysis. One part of it analyzes the dependency relation in API …

[HTML][HTML] MalDAE: Detecting and explaining malware based on correlation and fusion of static and dynamic characteristics

W Han, J Xue, Y Wang, L Huang, Z Kong, L Mao - computers & security, 2019 - Elsevier
It is a wide-spread way to detect malware by analyzing its behavioral characteristics based
on API call sequences. However, previous studies usually just focus on its static or dynamic …

DMalNet: Dynamic malware analysis based on API feature engineering and graph learning

C Li, Z Cheng, H Zhu, L Wang, Q Lv, Y Wang, N Li… - Computers & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are widely considered a useful data
source for dynamic malware analysis to understand the behavioral characteristics of …

Api2vec: Learning representations of api sequences for malware detection

L Cui, J Cui, Y Ji, Z Hao, L Li, Z Ding - Proceedings of the 32nd ACM …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Analyzing malware based on API call sequence is an effective approach as the sequence
reflects the dynamic execution behavior of malware. Recent advancements in deep learning …

A multi-perspective malware detection approach through behavioral fusion of api call sequence

E Amer, I Zelinka, S El-Sappagh - Computers & Security, 2021 - Elsevier
The widespread development of the malware industry is considered the main threat to our e-
society. Therefore, malware analysis should also be enriched with smart heuristic tools that …

Behavior-based features model for malware detection

HS Galal, YB Mahdy, MA Atiea - Journal of Computer Virology and …, 2016 - Springer
The sharing of malicious code libraries and techniques over the Internet has vastly
increased the release of new malware variants in an unprecedented rate. Malware variants …

Dynamic malware analysis with feature engineering and feature learning

Z Zhang, P Qi, W Wang - Proceedings of the AAAI conference on …, 2020 - ojs.aaai.org
Dynamic malware analysis executes the program in an isolated environment and monitors
its run-time behaviour (eg system API calls) for malware detection. This technique has been …

[HTML][HTML] API-MalDetect: Automated malware detection framework for windows based on API calls and deep learning techniques

P Maniriho, AN Mahmood, MJM Chowdhury - Journal of Network and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents API-MalDetect, a new deep learning-based automated framework for
detecting malware attacks in Windows systems. The framework uses an NLP-based encoder …