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Countering Entropy Measure Attacks on Packed Software Detection

Malware writers usually employ several techniques to evade detection. For the last years, the number of variants detected each day has increased significantly. Traditional approaches such as signature scanning, one of the most common techniques …

On the Automatic Categorisation of Android Applications

The presence of mobile devices has increased in our lives offering almost the same functionality as a personal computer. Android devices have appeared lately and, since then, the number of applications available for this operating system have …

Using Opcode Sequences in Single-Class Learning to Detect Unknown Malware

Malware is any type of malicious code that has the potential to harm a computer or network. The volume of malware is growing at a faster rate every year and poses a serious global security threat. Although signature-based detection is the most …