Security exploits and ensuant malware pose an increasing challenge to computing systems
as the variety and complexity of attacks continue to increase. In response, software-based …

Metamorphism is a technique that mutates the binary code using different obfuscations. It is
difficult to write a new metamorphic malware and in general malware writers reuse old …

Malware is a sequence of instructions that has the potential to harm any computer system or
computer network. Thus detecting malware especially new ones is a critical topic in today's …

Abstract Industrial Control Systems (ICSs) are designed, implemented, and deployed in
most major spheres of production, business, and entertainment. ICSs are commonly split …

This paper aims at offering a compact vision of the main solutions that have been proposed
to address the problem of ensuring the integrity and reliability of applications and executable …

The tremendous success of the mobile application paradigm is due to the ease with which
new applications are uploaded by developers, distributed through the application markets …

In smart grid, demand side management (DSM) became increasingly important to improve
the energy efficiency. It requires sophisticated real-time embedded control systems to …

In this paper, we propose a cross verification mechanism for secure execution and dynamic
component loading. Our mechanism is based on a combination of code signing and same …

Nowadays, malwares have become one of the most serious security threats for computer
systems and how to detect malwares is a difficult task, especially, unknown malwares …

Continuous proliferation of malware poses ever-increasing challenges to security of
computer systems. The malware threats can be addressed either by designing systems in a …