Document Engineering Issues in Malware Analysis
| Title | Document Engineering Issues in Malware Analysis |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2016 |
| Authors | Nicholas, Charles, Brandon, Robert |
| Conference Name | Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Symposium on Document Engineering |
| Publisher | ACM |
| Conference Location | New York, NY, USA |
| ISBN Number | 978-1-4503-4438-8 |
| Keywords | document engineering, Human Behavior, malware analysis, malware classification, Metrics, privacy, pubcrawl, Resiliency |
| Abstract | We present an overview of the field of malware analysis with emphasis on issues related to document engineering. We will introduce the field with a discussion of the types of malware, including executable binaries, malicious PDFs, polymorphic malware, ransomware, and exploit kits. We will conclude with our view of important research questions in the field. This is an updated version of last year's tutorial, with more information about web-based malware and malware targeting the Android market. |
| URL | http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2960811.2967174 |
| DOI | 10.1145/2960811.2967174 |
| Citation Key | nicholas_document_2016 |