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Shafiei, Ali Mohammad; Rimmer, Vera; Tsingenopoulos, Ilias; Desmet, Lieven; Joosen, Wouter

doi:10.1145/3494110.3528244

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Assessing Static and Dynamic Features for Packing Detection

Van Ouytsel,

Legay,

Lucca

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Assessing Static and Dynamic Features for Packing Detection

Van Ouytsel,

Legay,

Lucca

et al. 2024

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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MalAder: Decision-Based Black-Box Attack Against API Sequence Based Malware Detectors

Chen,

Cui,

Wen

et al. 2023

2023 53rd Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN)

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A Comprehensive Analysis of Explainable AI for Malware Hunting

Saqib,

Mahdavifar,

Fung

et al. 2024

ACM Comput. Surv.

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In the past decade, the number of malware variants has increased rapidly. Many researchers have proposed to detect malware using intelligent techniques, such as Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL), which have high accuracy and precision. These methods, however, suffer from being opaque in the decision-making process. Therefore, we need Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based models to be explainable, interpretable, and transparent to be reliable and trustworthy. In this survey, we reviewed articles related to Explainable AI (XAI) and their application to the significant scope of malware detection. The article encompasses a comprehensive examination of various XAI algorithms employed in malware analysis. Moreover, we have addressed the characteristics, challenges, and requirements in malware analysis that cannot be accommodated by standard XAI methods. We discussed that even though Explainable Malware Detection (EMD) models provide explainability, they make an AI-based model more vulnerable to adversarial attacks. We also propose a framework that assigns a level of explainability to each XAI malware analysis model, based on the security features involved in each method. In summary, the proposed project focuses on combining XAI and malware analysis to apply XAI models for scrutinizing the opaque nature of AI systems and their applications to malware analysis.

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Position Paper

Cited by 3 publications

References 17 publications

Assessing Static and Dynamic Features for Packing Detection

Assessing Static and Dynamic Features for Packing Detection

MalAder: Decision-Based Black-Box Attack Against API Sequence Based Malware Detectors

A Comprehensive Analysis of Explainable AI for Malware Hunting

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