NDLI: Inspector Gadget: Automated Extraction of Proprietary Gadgets from Malware Binaries

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Kolbitsch, C. Holz, T. Kruegel, C. Kirda, E.
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Unfortunately, malicious software is still an unsolved problem and a major threat on the Internet. An important component in the fight against malicious software is the analysis of malware samples: Only if an analyst understands the behavior of a given sample, she can design appropriate countermeasures. Manual approaches are frequently used to analyze certain key algorithms, such as downloading of encoded updates, or generating new DNS domains for command and control purposes. In this paper, we present a novel approach to automatically extract, from a given binary executable, the algorithm related to a certain activity of the sample. We isolate and extract these instructions and generate a so-called gadget, i.e., a stand-alone component that encapsulates a specific behavior. We make sure that a gadget can autonomously perform a specific task by including all relevant code and data into the gadget such that it can be executed in a self-contained fashion. Gadgets are useful entities in analyzing malicious software: In particular, they are valuable for practitioners, as understanding a certain activity that is embedded in a binary sample (e.g., the update function) is still largely a manual and complex task. Our evaluation with several real-world samples demonstrates that our approach is versatile and useful in practice.
Starting Page	29
Ending Page	44
File Size	986293
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424468942
ISSN	10816011
e-ISBN	9781424468959
DOI	10.1109/SP.2010.10
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-05-16
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Algorithm design and analysis Internet Security Electronic mail Communication system control Privacy USA Councils Command and control systems Data mining Embedded software
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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