Current Trends and the Future of Metamorphic Malware Detection

Shahid Alam, Issa Traore, Ibrahim Sogukpinar
2014 Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks - SIN '14  
Dynamic binary obfuscation or metamorphism is a technique where a malware never keeps the same sequence of opcodes in the memory. This stealthy mutation technique helps a malware evade detection by today's signature-based anti-malware programs. This paper analyzes the current trends, provides future directions and reasons about some of the basic characteristics of a system for providing real-time detection of metamorphic malware. Our emphasis is on the most recent advancements and the
more » ... available in metamorphic malware detection, so we only cover some of the major academic research efforts carried out, including and after, the year 2006. The paper not only serves as a collection of recent references and information for easy comparison and analysis, but also as a motivation for improving the current and developing new techniques for metamorphic malware detection.
doi:10.1145/2659651.2659670 dblp:conf/sin/AlamTS14 fatcat:mw2d7csdunc2pfnupixkghszfa