Title :
Understanding Obfuscated Code
Author :
Madou, Matias ; Van Put, Ludo ; De Bosschere, Koen
Author_Institution :
Ghent Univ.
Abstract :
Code obfuscation makes it harder for a security analyst to understand the malicious payload of a program. In most cases an analyst needs to study the program at the machine code level, with little or no extra information available, apart from his experience. An unexperienced analyst is confronted with a steep learning curve, as understanding unobfuscated machine code already requires some skills. We have built Loco, a graphical, interactive environment to help a security analyst improving his skills in understanding obfuscated code
Keywords :
graphical user interfaces; reverse engineering; security of data; Loco graphical interactive environment; machine code level; obfuscated code; security analyst; steep learning curve; Computer hacking; Flow graphs; Graphical user interfaces; Information analysis; Information security; Machine learning; Page description languages; Payloads; Protection; Web server;
Conference_Titel :
Program Comprehension, 2006. ICPC 2006. 14th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2601-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICPC.2006.49