Although malicious software (malware) has been around since the early days of computers,
the sophistication and innovation of malware has increased over the years. In particular, the …

When designing computer monitoring systems, one goal has always been to have a
complete view of the monitored target and at the same time stealthily protect the monitor …

The prevalence of mobile platforms, the large market share of Android, plus the openness of
the Android Market makes it a hot target for malware attacks. Once a malware sample has …

Anti-malware companies receive thousands of malware samples every day. To process this
large quantity, a number of automated analysis tools were developed. These tools execute a …

In this paper, we give an overview of the BitBlaze project, a new approach to computer
security via binary analysis. In particular, BitBlaze focuses on building a unified binary …

Virtualization is being widely adopted in today's computing systems. Its unique security
advantages in isolating and introspecting commodity OSes as virtual machines (VMs) have …

Dynamic taint analysis (DTA) is a powerful technique for, among other things, tracking the
flow of sensitive information. However, it is vulnerable to false negative errors caused by …

Technology is described for malware investigation by analyZ ing computer memory in a
computing device. The method can include performing static analysis on code for a software …

Host-based security tools such as anti-virus and intrusion detection systems are not
adequately protected on today's computers. Malware is often designed to immediately …

Kernel rootkits have posed serious security threats due to their stealthy manner. To hide
their presence and activities, many rootkits hijack control flows by modifying control data or …