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Information Hiding as a Challenge for Malware Detection

Cryptography and Security 2018-04-10 v1
Authors: Wojciech Mazurczyk , Luca Caviglione
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Abstract

Information hiding techniques are increasingly utilized by the current malware to hide its existence and communication attempts. In this paper we highlight this new trend by reviewing the most notable examples of malicious software that shows this capability.

Keywords

malware detection computer security spam detection

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@article{arxiv.1504.04867,
  title  = {Information Hiding as a Challenge for Malware Detection},
  author = {Wojciech Mazurczyk and Luca Caviglione},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.04867},
  year   = {2018}
}

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