Darwin inside the machines: Malware evolution and the consequences for computer security

Details Darwin inside the machines: Malware evolution and the consequences for computer security Darwin inside the machines: Malware evolution and the consequences for computer security

2011-11-10

arxiv.org/abs/1111.2503v1

Proceedings of Virus Bulletin Conference 2008 (Ottawa), H. Martin ed., pp. 187-194

Computer Science

Cryptography and Security

13 pages

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Recent advances in anti-malware technologies have steered the security industry away from maintaining vast signature databases and into newer defence technologies such as behaviour blocking, application whitelisting and others. Most would agree that the reasoning behind this is to keep up with the arms race established between malware writers and the security community almost three decades ago. Still, malware writers have not as yet created new paradigms. Indeed, malicious code development is still largely limited to code pattern changes utilizing polymorphic and metamorphic engines, as well as executable packer and wrapper technologies. Each new malware instance retains the exact same core functionality as its ancestor and only alters the way it looks. What if, instead, malware were able to change its function or behaviour autonomously? What if, in the absence of human intervention, computer viruses resembled biological viruses in their ability to adapt to new defence technologies as soon as they came into effect? In this paper, we will provide the theoretical proof behind malware implementation that closely models Darwinian evolution.

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