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In this paper we present an elaborated graph-based algorithmic technique for efficient malware detection. More precisely, we utilize the system-call dependency graphs (or, for short ScD graphs), obtained by capturing taint analysis traces…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2014-12-31 Stavros D. Nikolopoulos , Iosif Polenakis

In this work we propose a graph-based model that, utilizing relations between groups of System-calls, distinguishes malicious from benign software samples and classifies the detected malicious samples to one of a set of known malware…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-12-31 Anna Mpanti , Stavros D. Nikolopoulos , Iosif Polenakis

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…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Shaswata Mitra , Stephen A. Torri , Sudip Mittal

Information systems have widely been the target of malware attacks. Traditional signature-based malicious program detection algorithms can only detect known malware and are prone to evasion techniques such as binary obfuscation, while…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-10-21 Shen Wang , Zhengzhang Chen , Xiao Yu , Ding Li , Jingchao Ni , Lu-An Tang , Jiaping Gui , Zhichun Li , Haifeng Chen , Philip S. Yu

The rapid evolution of malware has necessitated the development of sophisticated detection methods that go beyond traditional signature-based approaches. Graph learning techniques have emerged as powerful tools for modeling and analyzing…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-23 Hossein Shokouhinejad , Roozbeh Razavi-Far , Hesamodin Mohammadian , Mahdi Rabbani , Samuel Ansong , Griffin Higgins , Ali A Ghorbani

We present a novel malware detection approach based on metrics over quantitative data flow graphs. Quantitative data flow graphs (QDFGs) model process behavior by interpreting issued system calls as aggregations of quantifiable data…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2015-02-13 Tobias Wüchner , Martín Ochoa , Alexander Pretschner

Malware can greatly compromise the integrity and trustworthiness of information and is in a constant state of evolution. Existing feature fusion-based detection methods generally overlook the correlation between features. And mere…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-11-25 Binghui Zou , Chunjie Cao , Longjuan Wang , Yinan Cheng , Chenxi Dang , Ying Liu , Jingzhang Sun

With the proliferation of Android malware, the demand for an effective and efficient malware detection system is on the rise. The existing device-end learning based solutions tend to extract limited syntax features (e.g., permissions and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-11-11 Ruitao Feng , Jing Qiang Lim , Sen Chen , Shang-Wei Lin , Yang Liu

Managing the threat posed by malware requires accurate detection and classification techniques. Traditional detection strategies, such as signature scanning, rely on manual analysis of malware to extract relevant features, which is labor…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-24 Vrinda Malhotra , Katerina Potika , Mark Stamp

With the growth of mobile devices and applications, the number of malicious software, or malware, is rapidly increasing in recent years, which calls for the development of advanced and effective malware detection approaches. Traditional…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-12-12 Rui Zhu , Chenglin Li , Di Niu , Hongwen Zhang , Husam Kinawi

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…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Shiwen Song , Xiaofei Xie , Ruitao Feng , Qi Guo , Sen Chen

Android malware has been on the rise in recent years due to the increasing popularity of Android and the proliferation of third party application markets. Emerging Android malware families are increasingly adopting sophisticated detection…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-12-06 BooJoong Kang , Suleiman Y. Yerima , Sakir Sezer , Kieran McLaughlin

As computing systems become increasingly advanced and as users increasingly engage themselves in technology, security has never been a greater concern. In malware detection, static analysis, the method of analyzing potentially malicious…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-05-22 Chan Woo Kim

Android malware has become an increasingly critical threat to organizations, society and individuals, posing significant risks to privacy, data security and infrastructure. As malware continues to evolve in terms of complexity and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Ashish Anand , Bhupendra Singh , Sunil Khemka , Bireswar Banerjee , Vishi Singh Bhatia , Piyush Ranjan

While the rapid adaptation of mobile devices changes our daily life more conveniently, the threat derived from malware is also increased. There are lots of research to detect malware to protect mobile devices, but most of them adopt only…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-06-25 Hye Min Kim , Hyun Min Song , Jae Woo Seo , Huy Kang Kim

Malicious software (malware) poses an increasing threat to the security of communication systems as the number of interconnected mobile devices increases exponentially. While some existing malware detection and classification approaches…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-07 Julian Busch , Anton Kocheturov , Volker Tresp , Thomas Seidl

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

Android malware attacks have posed a severe threat to mobile users, necessitating a significant demand for the automated detection system. Among the various tools employed in malware detection, graph representations (e.g., function call…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-01 Jingnan Zheng , Jiaohao Liu , An Zhang , Jun Zeng , Ziqi Yang , Zhenkai Liang , Tat-Seng Chua

Rootkits are among the most elusive types of malware, capable of bypassing traditional static analysis methods due to their metamorphic behavior. Signature-based detection techniques struggle against these threats, necessitating a shift…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Paras Ghodeshwar , Sandeep K Shukla , Anand Handa , Nitesh Kumar

Machine learning and deep learning (ML/DL) have been extensively applied in malware detection, and some existing methods demonstrate robust performance. However, several issues persist in the field of malware detection: (1) Existing work…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-08-06 Xingyuan Wei , Yichen Liu , Ce Li , Ning Li , Degang Sun , Yan Wang
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