posted on 2011-01-01, 00:00authored byM Alazab, S Venkatraman, P Watters, Moutaz Alazab, A Alazab
Cybercrime has rapidly developed in recent years and malware is one of the major security threats in computer which have been in existence from the very early days. There is a lack of understanding of such malware threats and what mechanisms can be used in implementing security prevention as well as to detect the threat. The main contribution of this paper is a step towards addressing this by investigating the different techniques adopted by obfuscated malware as they are growingly widespread and increasingly sophisticated with zero-day exploits. In particular, by adopting certain effective detection methods our investigations show how cybercriminals make use of file system vulnerabilities to inject hidden malware into the system. The paper also describes the recent trends of Zeus botnets and the importance of anomaly detection to be employed in addressing the new Zeus generation of malware.
History
Event
International Conference in Global Security, Safety and Sustainability / International Conference on e-Democracy (2011 : Thessaloniki, Greece)
Pagination
1 - 8
Publisher
[Springer]
Location
Thessaloniki, Greece
Place of publication
[unknown]
Start date
2011-08-24
End date
2011-08-26
Language
eng
Publication classification
E1 Full written paper - refereed
Title of proceedings
7th ICGS3 / 4th e-Democracy Joint Conferences 2011 : Proceedings of the International Conference in Global Security, Safety and Sustainability / International Conference on e-Democracy