Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attribution is a critical challenge in cybersecurity and
implies the process of accurately identifying the perpetrators behind sophisticated cyber …

Attributing a piece of malware to its creator typically requires threat intelligence. Binary
attribution increases the level of difficulty as it mostly relies upon the ability to disassemble …

Binary semantic comparison and authorship verification are critical in many security
applications. They respectively focus on the functional semantic features and developers' …

Recent years have seen a rise in state-sponsored malware. Advanced Persistent Threat
groups (APTs) have been waging a covert war with little repercussions due to the …

Malware is the instrument that delivers the decisive blow in cyber-attacks. A first-time
presented malware or an updated malware can remain undetected and stealth until the …

Abstract Malware Authorship Attribution is one of the most sophisticated task performed by
threat analysts, looking for similarities between malicious programs developed by the same …

Attributing a cyberattack to the attacker is difficult. Cyberspace is conducive to anonymity
and many attackers actively hide their tracks by using false flags that point to other culprits …

Incidents like the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline in 2021 [37] show that
malware is a growing threat with real-world implications. To combat this growing threat …

It is increasingly important to determine the threat actors behind an attack to tackle the
growing number of sophisticated cyber-attacks on public authorities and critical …

The classification (attribution or detection) of malware binaries has an urgent need to be
automated. Due to the increase in the amount of malware and the sophistication of this …