Signature-based tools such as network intrusion detection systems are widely used to protect critical systems. Automatic signature generation techniques are needed to enable these...
David Brumley, Hao Wang, Somesh Jha, Dawn Xiaodong...
In this paper we explore the problem of creating vulnerability signatures. A vulnerability signature matches all exploits of a given vulnerability, even polymorphic or metamorphic...
David Brumley, James Newsome, Dawn Xiaodong Song, ...
Abstract. The paper presents a novel technique to create implementations of the basic primitives used in symbolic program analysis: forward symbolic evaluation, weakest liberal pre...
Vulnerabilities that allow worms to hijack the control flow of each host that they spread to are typically discovered months before the worm outbreak, but are also typically disc...
Jedidiah R. Crandall, Zhendong Su, Shyhtsun Felix ...
Autonomous spreading malware in the form of worms or bots has become a severe threat in today’s Internet. Collecting the sample as early as possible is a necessary precondition f...