Malware Classification

Malware Classification is a subfield of malware analysis that consists in the systematic categorization of malicious software instances into predefined classes or families based on their distinguishing properties, such as code-level features, behavioral patterns, and infection or propagation mechanisms.

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Malware Analysis

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Drebin: Effective and Explainable Detection of Android Malware in Your Pocket

Daniel J. Arp, Michael Spreitzenbarth, Hugo Gascón et al. · 2014 · 2.3K citations

Computing, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity +13

Dissecting Android Malware: Characterization and Evolution

Yajin Zhou, Xuxian Jiang · 2012 · 2.1K citations

Computing, Computer Science, Cybersecurity +16

Malware images

Lakshmanan Nataraj, S. Karthikeyan, Grégoire Jacob et al. · 2011 · 1.2K citations

Computing, Computer Science, Cybersecurity +15

Data mining methods for detection of new malicious executables

Matthew G. Schultz, Eleazar Eskin, F. Zadok et al. · 2002 · 1.1K citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Science, Cybersecurity +10

Network intrusion detection

Biswanath Mukherjee, L.T. Heberlein, Karl Levitt · IEEE Network · 1994 · 1K citations

Computing, Computer Engineering, Computer Science +15

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Francesco Mercaldo
Institute of Informatics and Telematics, Italy
47 publications · 2.5K citations
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Yanfang Ye
West Virginia University, United States
25 publications · 2.1K citations
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Corrado Aaron Visaggio
University of Sannio, Italy
24 publications · 1.6K citations
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Mark Stamp
San Jose State University, United States
27 publications · 1.9K citations
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Fabio Martinelli
Institute of Informatics and Telematics, Italy
29 publications · 1.8K citations
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Computers & Security
181 publications · 13.2K citations
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IEEE Access
131 publications · 7.9K citations
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arXiv (Cornell University)
Repository · 87 publications · 4.6K citations
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Journal of Computer Virology and Hacking Techniques
72 publications · 4K citations
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Expert Systems with Applications
41 publications · 2.6K citations
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