Opcodes histogram for classifying metamorphic portable executables malware

• Main Authors: Masrom, Maslin, Ibrahim, Suahimi
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: T58.5-58.64 Information technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/34159/; http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6333411/

Malware writers attempt to generate different shapes of a malware to evade the signature-based scanners. As the number of variants of a metamorphic malware is increased, the analysis of all variants and selecting the appropriate signature and updating the database of the antivirus becomes more tires...