Opportunity!:
Opportunity! Malware damage costs businesses worldwide over $13.3 billion annually. A n analyst needs 20 to 30 minutes to manually inspect a new malware sample. The current approach is clearly not keeping up with the increase in malware counts.
Weaknesses of Commercial Tools:
Weaknesses of Commercial Tools Detection Classification Signature Extraction Requires human analysts Brittle and easy to circumvent by code obfuscation Exterminator automates the entire process, and is robust in the presence of code obfuscation.
Exterminator:
Exterminator Exterminator: Automatic malware detection and classification malware Answers to two questions: Is it malware? What type of malware? goodware
Research Prototype Results:
Research Prototype Results Achieves 80% accuracy on detecting polymorphic malware Very crude preliminary research prototype Current refinement work will push accuracy much further C lassifies previously unseen malware samples into families with high certainty
Malware Classification:
Malware Classification