Stealthy software: Next-generation cyber-attacks and defenses

Author

Hamlen, K.W.

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. Dept., Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

4-7 June 2013

Firstpage

109

Lastpage

112

Abstract

Weaponized software is the latest development in a decades-old battle of virus-antivirus co-evolution. Reactively adaptive malware and automated binary transformation are two recently emerging offensive and defensive (respectively) technologies that may shape future cyberwarfare weapons. The former intelligently learns and adapts to antiviral defenses fully automatically in the wild, while the latter applies code mutation technology to defense, transforming potentially dangerous programs into safe programs. These technologies and their roles within the landscape of malware attack and defense are examined and discussed.

Keywords

computer viruses; learning (artificial intelligence); military computing; program interpreters; weapons; antiviral defenses; automated binary transformation; code mutation technology; cyberwarfare weapons; defensive technologies; intelligent learning; malware attack; malware defense; next-generation Cyber-attacks; offensive technologies; potentially dangerous program transformation; reactively adaptive malware; safe programs; stealthy software; virus-antivirus coevolution; weaponized software; Malware; Monitoring; Payloads; Safety; Software; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6214-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISI.2013.6578797

Filename

6578797