Feature selection and machine learning classification for malware detection

• Main Authors: Khammas, Ban Mohammed, Monemi, Alireza, Bassi, Joseph Stephen, Ismail, Ismahani, Mohd. Nor, Sulaiman, Marsono, Muhammad Nadzir
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2015
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/55279/1/IsmahaniIsmail2015_FeatureSelectionandMachineLearningClassification.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/55279/; http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v77.3558

Malware is a computer security problem that can morph to evade traditional detection methods based on known signature matching. Since new malware variants contain patterns that are similar to those in observed malware, machine learning techniques can be used to identify new malware. This work presen...