Since current internet threats contain not only malicious codes like Trojan or worms, but also spyware and adware which do not have explicit illegal content, it is necessary to hav...
Mobile agents are software entities consisting of code, data and state that can migrate autonomously from host to host executing their code. Unfortunately, security issues restrict...
Spyware represents a serious threat to confidentiality since it may result in loss of control over private data for computer users. This type of software might collect the data and...
Raja Khurram Shahzad, Syed Imran Haider, Niklas La...
Kernel rootkits that modify operating system state to avoid detection are a dangerous threat to system security. This paper presents OSck, a system that discovers kernel rootkits ...
Owen S. Hofmann, Alan M. Dunn, Sangman Kim, Indraj...
Modern malware often hide the malicious portion of their program code by making it appear as data at compiletime and transforming it back into executable code at runtime. This obf...
Paul Royal, Mitch Halpin, David Dagon, Robert Edmo...