The Software Similarity Problem in Malware Analysis

In software engineering contexts software may be compared for similarity in order to detect duplicate code that indicates poor design, and to reconstruct evolution history. Malicious software, being nothing other than a particular type of software, can also be compared for similarity in order to detect commonalities and evolution history. This paper

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: DAGSTUHL
• Authors: Andrew Walenstein, Arun Lakhotia
• Keywords: DAGSTUHL 2006, DAGSTUHL 2007, Engineering Contexts Software, Evolution History, Malicious Software