Although malicious software (malware) has been around since the early days of computers,
the sophistication and innovation of malware has increased over the years. In particular, the …

When designing computer monitoring systems, one goal has always been to have a
complete view of the monitored target and at the same time stealthily protect the monitor …

In this research, we compare malware detection techniques based on static, dynamic, and
hybrid analysis. Specifically, we train Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) on both static and …

Malware is one of the biggest security threats on the Internet today and deploying effective
defensive solutions requires the rapid analysis of a continuously increasing number of …

An essential goal of Virtual Machine Introspection (VMI) is assuring security policy
enforcement and overall functionality in the presence of an untrustworthy OS. A fundamental …

Malware detection techniques based on signature extraction require security analysts to
manually inspect samples to find evidences of malicious behavior. This time-consuming task …

Brute force scanning of kernel memory images for finding kernel data structure instances is
an important function in many computer security and forensics applications. Brute force …

External hardware-based kernel integrity monitors have been proposed to mitigate kernel-
level malwares. However, the existing external approaches have been limited to monitoring …

Problem statement: A malware is a program that has malicious intent. Nowadays, malware
authors apply several sophisticated techniques such as packing and obfuscation to avoid …

Malware stands for malicious software. It is software that is designed with a harmful intent. A
malware detector is a system that attempts to identify malware using Application …