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Malware is a significant threat to the security of computer systems and networks which requires sophisticated techniques to analyze the behavior and functionality for detection. Traditional signature-based malware detection methods have…

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Graph-based detection methods leveraging Function Call Graphs (FCGs) have shown promise for Android malware detection (AMD) due to their semantic insights. However, the deployment of malware detectors in dynamic and hostile environments…

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In today's interconnected digital landscape, the proliferation of malware poses a significant threat to the security and stability of computer networks and systems worldwide. As the complexity of malicious tactics, techniques, and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-05-26 Dhruv Nandakumar , Devin Quinn , Elijah Soba , Eunyoung Kim , Christopher Redino , Chris Chan , Kevin Choi , Abdul Rahman , Edward Bowen

The rising use of Large Language Models (LLMs) to create and disseminate malware poses a significant cybersecurity challenge due to their ability to generate and distribute attacks with ease. A single prompt can initiate a wide array of…

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Kernels for structured data are commonly obtained by decomposing objects into their parts and adding up the similarities between all pairs of parts measured by a base kernel. Assignment kernels are based on an optimal bijection between the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-08-20 Nils M. Kriege

Graph kernels have been successfully applied to many graph classification problems. Typically, a kernel is first designed, and then an SVM classifier is trained based on the features defined implicitly by this kernel. This two-stage…

Classical machine learning (CML) has been extensively studied for malware classification. With the emergence of quantum computing, quantum machine learning (QML) presents a paradigm-shifting opportunity to improve malware detection, though…

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Multi-label classification is a challenging task in pattern recognition. Many deep learning methods have been proposed and largely enhanced classification performance. However, most of the existing sophisticated methods ignore context in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-30 Mingyuan Jiu , Hailong Zhu , Hichem Sahbi

The Weisfeiler-Leman algorithm ($1$-WL) is a well-studied heuristic for the graph isomorphism problem. Recently, the algorithm has played a prominent role in understanding the expressive power of message-passing graph neural networks…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-29 Billy J. Franks , Christopher Morris , Ameya Velingker , Floris Geerts

Control Flow Graphs and Function Call Graphs have become pivotal in providing a detailed understanding of program execution and effectively characterizing the behavior of malware. These graph-based representations, when combined with Graph…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-06 Hesamodin Mohammadian , Griffin Higgins , Samuel Ansong , Roozbeh Razavi-Far , Ali A. Ghorbani

With the growing pace of using Deep Learning (DL) to solve various problems, securing these models against adversaries has become one of the main concerns of researchers. Recent studies have shown that DL-based malware detectors are…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-03-15 Omid Kargarnovin , Amir Mahdi Sadeghzadeh , Rasool Jalili

A graph neural network (GNN) is a good choice for predicting the chemical properties of molecules. Compared with other deep networks, however, the current performance of a GNN is limited owing to the "curse of depth." Inspired by…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-08-19 Katsuhiko Ishiguro , Kenta Oono , Kohei Hayashi

Malware represents a significant security concern in today's digital landscape, as it can destroy or disable operating systems, steal sensitive user information, and occupy valuable disk space. However, current malware detection methods,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-12-21 Chenzhong Yin , Hantang Zhang , Mingxi Cheng , Xiongye Xiao , Xinghe Chen , Xin Ren , Paul Bogdan

Interpretable malware detection is crucial for understanding harmful behaviors and building trust in automated security systems. Traditional explainable methods for Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) often highlight important regions within a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-30 Hossein Shokouhinejad , Roozbeh Razavi-Far , Griffin Higgins , Ali A. Ghorbani

Each day, anti-virus companies receive tens of thousands samples of potentially harmful executables. Many of the malicious samples are variations of previously encountered malware, created by their authors to evade pattern-based detection.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2010-08-27 Joris Kinable , Orestis Kostakis

Malware is one of the most common and severe cyber-attack today. Malware infects millions of devices and can perform several malicious activities including mining sensitive data, encrypting data, crippling system performance, and many more.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-01-30 Pascal Maniriho , Abdun Naser Mahmood , Mohammad Jabed Morshed Chowdhury

Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated strong capabilities in various code intelligence tasks. However, their effectiveness for Android malware analysis remains underexplored. Decompiled Android malware code presents unique…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-24 Yiling He , Hongyu She , Xingzhi Qian , Xinran Zheng , Zhuo Chen , Zhan Qin , Lorenzo Cavallaro

Control Flow Graphs (CFGs) are critical for analyzing program execution and characterizing malware behavior. With the growing adoption of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), CFG-based representations have proven highly effective for malware…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-08-22 Hossein Shokouhinejad , Griffin Higgins , Roozbeh Razavi-Far , Hesamodin Mohammadian , Ali A. Ghorbani

In an increasingly interconnected and data-driven world, the importance of robust security measures cannot be overstated. A knowledge graph constructed with information extracted from the system along with the desired security behavior can…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-12-11 M. Xie , T. Rahat , W. Wang , Y. Tian

This paper proposes using the Linux kernel ftrace framework, particularly the function graph tracer, to generate informative system level data for machine learning (ML) applications. Experiments on a real world encryption detection task…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Kenan Begovic , Abdulaziz Al-Ali , Qutaibah Malluhi