Arms race in adversarial malware detection: A survey

D Li, Q Li, Y Ye, S Xu - ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 2021 - dl.acm.org
Malicious software (malware) is a major cyber threat that has to be tackled with Machine
Learning (ML) techniques because millions of new malware examples are injected into …

Adversarial deep ensemble: Evasion attacks and defenses for malware detection

D Li, Q Li - IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Malware remains a big threat to cyber security, calling for machine learning based malware
detection. While promising, such detectors are known to be vulnerable to evasion attacks …

AI and machine learning: A mixed blessing for cybersecurity

F Kamoun, F Iqbal, MA Esseghir… - … Symposium on Networks …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While the usage of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Software (AI/MLS) in
defensive cybersecurity has received considerable attention, there remains a noticeable …

Android malware obfuscation variants detection method based on multi-granularity opcode features

J Tang, R Li, Y Jiang, X Gu, Y Li - Future Generation Computer Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
Android malware poses a serious security threat to ordinary mobile users. However, the
obfuscation technology can generate malware variants, which can bypass existing detection …

Backdoor attack on machine learning based android malware detectors

C Li, X Chen, D Wang, S Wen… - … on dependable and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Machine learning (ML) has been widely used for malware detection on different operating
systems, including Android. To keep up with malware's evolution, the detection models …

FAMCF: A few-shot Android malware family classification framework

F Zhou, D Wang, Y **ong, K Sun, W Wang - Computers & Security, 2024 - Elsevier
Android malware is a major cyber threat to the popular Android platform which may
influence millions of end users. To battle against Android malware, a large number of …

Pad: Towards principled adversarial malware detection against evasion attacks

D Li, S Cui, Y Li, J Xu, F **ao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Machine Learning (ML) techniques can facilitate the automation of mal icious soft ware
(malware for short) detection, but suffer from evasion attacks. Many studies counter such …

MsDroid: Identifying Malicious Snippets for Android Malware Detection

Y He, Y Liu, L Wu, Z Yang, K Ren… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Machine learning has shown promise for improving the accuracy of Android malware
detection in the literature. However, it is challenging to (1) stay robust towards real-world …

Investigating labelless drift adaptation for malware detection

Z Kan, F Pendlebury, F Pierazzi… - Proceedings of the 14th …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
The evolution of malware has long plagued machine learning-based detection systems, as
malware authors develop innovative strategies to evade detection and chase profits. This …

Malware Evasion Attacks Against IoT and Other Devices: An Empirical Study

Y Xu, D Li, Q Li, S Xu - Tsinghua Science and Technology, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Internet of Things (IoT) has grown rapidly due to artificial intelligence driven edge
computing. While enabling many new functions, edge computing devices expand the …