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San Jose State University

2017

Malware

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Malware Scores Based On Image Processing, Vikash Raja Samuel Selvin May 2017

Malware Scores Based On Image Processing, Vikash Raja Samuel Selvin

Master's Projects

Malware analysis can be based on static or dynamic analysis. Static analysis includes signature-based detection and other forms of analysis rely only on features that can be extracted without code execution or emulation. In contrast, dynamic analysis depends on features extracted at runtime (or via emulation) such as API calls, patterns of memory access, and so on. Dynamic analysis can be more informative and is generally more robust, but static analysis is typically more efficient. In this research, we implement, test, and analyze malware scores based on image processing. Previous work has shown that useful malware scores can be obtained …


Malware Detection Using The Index Of Coincidence, Bhavna Gurnani Jan 2017

Malware Detection Using The Index Of Coincidence, Bhavna Gurnani

Master's Projects

In this research, we apply the Index of Coincidence (IC) to problems in malware analysis. The IC, which is often used in cryptanalysis of classic ciphers, is a technique for measuring the repeat rate in a string of symbols. A score based on the IC is applied to a variety of challenging malware families. We nd that this relatively simple IC score performs surprisingly well, with superior results in comparison to various machine learning based scores, at least in some cases.