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MAIL: Malware Analysis Intermediate Language

Cryptography and Security 2022-11-08 v1 Computation and Language

Abstract

This paper introduces and presents a new language named MAIL (Malware Analysis Intermediate Language). MAIL is basically used for building malware analysis and detection tools. MAIL provides an abstract representation of an assembly program and hence the ability of a tool to automate malware analysis and detection. By translating binaries compiled for different platforms to MAIL, a tool can achieve platform independence. Each MAIL statement is annotated with patterns that can be used by a tool to optimize malware analysis and detection.

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@article{arxiv.2211.03068,
  title  = {MAIL: Malware Analysis Intermediate Language},
  author = {Shahid Alam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.03068},
  year   = {2022}
}
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