Malware sometimes changes its behavior. [Research Saturday]
CyberWire Daily30 Okt 2021

Malware sometimes changes its behavior. [Research Saturday]

Dr. Tudor Dumitras from University of Maryland and joins Dave Bittner to share a research study conducted in collaboration with industry partners from Facebook, NortonLifeLock Research Group and EURECOM. The project is called: "When Malware Changed Its Mind: An Empirical Study of Variable Program Behaviors in the Real World." In the study, the team analyzed how malware samples change their behavior when executed on different hosts or at different times. Such “split personalities” may confound the current techniques for malware analysis and detection. Malware execution traces are typically collected by executing the samples in a controlled environment (a “sandbox”), and the techniques created and tested using such traces do not account for the broad range of behaviors observed in the wild. In the paper, the team shows how behavior variability can make those techniques appear more effective than they really are, and they make some recommendations for dealing with the variability. The research and executive summary can be found here: When Malware Changed Its Mind: An Empirical Study of Variable Program Behaviors in the Real World Analysing malware variability in the real world

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(3713)

Water you waiting for?

Water you waiting for?

Cyberattacks hit U.S. water systems. CISA tackles open source security. China’s surveillance machine is exposed. Hotel Wi-Fi gets riskier. Healthcare and police data spill online. Fake SQLite vulnerab...

3 Aug 26min

The hidden risks in space supply chains.

The hidden risks in space supply chains.

As the space ecosystem continues to expand, the sector has become increasingly filled with new suppliers, manufacturers, and operators. However, while this development has led to the introduction of n...

2 Aug 19min

Black Hat preview: "Vulnerability Research in the Agentic Age." [Special Edition]

Black Hat preview: "Vulnerability Research in the Agentic Age." [Special Edition]

In this special edition, guest Yan Shoshitaishvili, Associate Professor, University of Arizona, joins host ⁠Dave Bittner⁠ to share a preview of his Black Hat USA 2026 keynote "Vulnerability Research i...

2 Aug 24min

The driver's seat to ransomware. [Research Saturday]

The driver's seat to ransomware. [Research Saturday]

This week, we are joined by Marcus Hutchins, Principal Threat Researcher at Expel, sharing their work on "Not very gentlemanly: Analyzing a zero-day exploit used by The Gentlemen ransomware to disable...

1 Aug 23min

Claude outside the lines.

Claude outside the lines.

Anthropic says Claude escaped the sandbox three times, while a judge questions the Pentagon’s blacklist. The EU launches an AI enforcement team, the FTC targets a telehealth firm’s tracking pixels, an...

31 Jul 30min

Building a great firewall around AI.

Building a great firewall around AI.

China embraces open AI models, then worries it’s become a national security risk. The cyberattack on Minnesota water systems proves larger than first reported. CISA updates its SBOM guidance. AI super...

30 Jul 25min

More than meets the AI.

More than meets the AI.

The Senate confirms Jay Clayton to lead ODNI. A new CISA framework highlights critical infrastructure isolation capabilities. OpenAI’s rogue agent breached more than just Hugging Face. The average cos...

29 Jul 29min

You've been disconnected.

You've been disconnected.

A senator targets legacy VPNs. Minnesota water systems come under cyberattack. A 20-year-old flaw exposes 24,000 servers. Microsoft debuts its first cybersecurity AI model. A critical VeloCloud bug is...

28 Jul 26min

Populært innen Politikk og nyheter

giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
forklart
stopp-verden
popradet
rss-gukild-johaug
det-store-bildet
nokon-ma-ga
rss-ness
hanna-de-heldige
dine-penger-pengeradet
aftenpodden-usa
aftenbla-bla
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
e24-podden
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
unitedno
amerikansk-politikk
oppdatert
bt-dokumentar-2