Machine learning techniques are widely used in addition to signatures and heuristics to
increase the detection rate of anti-malware software, as they automate the creation of …

Executable files still remain popular to compromise the endpoint computers. These
executable files are often obfuscated to avoid anti-virus programs. To examine all suspicious …

The number of unique malware samples is growing out of control. Over the years, security
companies have designed and deployed complex infrastructures to collect and analyze this …

The complex optimizations supported by modern compilers allow for compiler provenance
recovery at many levels. For instance, it is possible to identify the compiler family and …

For more than a decade now, a perpetual influx of new malware samples can be observed.
To analyze this flood effectively, static analysis is still one of the most important methods …

Malware variants are generated using various evasion techniques to bypass malware
detectors, so it is important to understand what properties make them evade malware …

In this report, we analyse the latest campaign of Emotet that had a significant impact in
several countries worldwide. We leverage the data of a specifically crafted dataset, which …

Printable characters extracted from portable executable (PE) files are a common surface
analysis feature. String extraction is a supplemental feature for malware analysis. Recent …

Malicious software, widely known as malware, is one of the biggest threats to our
interconnected society. Cybercriminals can utilize malware to carry out their nefarious tasks …

Windows Portable Executable files can be malformed for malicious purposes. There are
many ways and tricks to circumvent standard security detection and protection measures …