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Program q Birthmark Different
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M 1 ' {ai M 1} {b j } : 1 M1 j M2
M 2 ' {ai M 2 } {b j } : 1 M2 j M1
C : M1' M 2 ' R
a, if a M1, b M 2
C ( a, b) { b , if b M 2 , a M 2
ed (a, b), if a M 1 , b M 2
Find a bijection f:M1’M2’ such that the
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18. Samples Malware
Unknown New
From Signature
Database
Sample
Honeypots
From
Honeypot? New
Dynamic Analysis
No Signature
End of Static
Packed Yes Emulate Yes
Unpacking? Classify
Analysis
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The Malwise malware classification system .

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Classification
False Positives Algorithm
Klez Netsky Roron Frethem
Maximum 36 49 81 289
Similarity K-Subgraphs Q-Grams
Exact 20 29 17 139
0.0 1302161 2334251 Heuristic
Approximate 20 27 43 144
0.1 463170 413667 Q-Grams 20 31 79 226
0.2 356345 40055 Optimal Distance 22 46 73 220
Q-Grams +
0.3 285202 7899 Optimal Distance 20 43 73 217
0.4 200326 3790
0.5 129790 327 False Positives with 10,000
0.6 46320 11 Malware
0.7 10784 0 Classification False FP
Algorithm Positives Percentage
0.8 5883 0
Q-Grams 10 0.62
0.9 19 0
Q-Grams + Optimal
1.0 0 0 Distance 7 0.43

21. ao b d e g k m q a ao b d e g k m q a
ao 0.44 0.28 0.27 0.28 0.55 0.44 0.44 0.47 ao 0.70 0.28 0.28 0.27 0.75 0.70 0.70 0.75
b 0.44 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.51 1.00 1.00 0.58 b 0.74 0.31 0.34 0.33 0.82 1.00 1.00 0.87
d 0.28 0.27 0.48 0.56 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.27 d 0.28 0.29 0.50 0.74 0.29 0.29 0.29 0.29
e 0.27 0.27 0.48 0.59 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.27 e 0.31 0.34 0.50 0.64 0.32 0.34 0.34 0.33
g 0.28 0.27 0.56 0.59 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.27 g 0.27 0.33 0.74 0.64 0.29 0.33 0.33 0.30
k 0.55 0.51 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.51 0.51 0.75 k 0.75 0.82 0.29 0.30 0.29 0.82 0.82 0.96
m 0.44 1.00 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.51 1.00 0.58 m 0.74 1.00 0.31 0.34 0.33 0.82 1.00 0.87
q 0.44 1.00 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.51 1.00 0.58 q 0.74 1.00 0.31 0.34 0.33 0.82 1.00 0.87
a 0.47 0.58 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.75 0.58 0.58 a 0.75 0.87 0.30 0.31 0.30 0.96 0.87 0.87
Exact Matching Heuristic Approximate Matching
ao b d e g k m q a ao b d e g k m q a
ao 0.86 0.53 0.64 0.59 0.86 0.86 0.86 0.86 ao 0.86 0.49 0.54 0.50 0.87 0.86 0.86 0.86
b 0.88 0.66 0.76 0.71 0.97 1.00 1.00 0.97 b 0.87 0.57 0.63 0.62 0.96 1.00 1.00 0.96
d 0.65 0.72 0.88 0.93 0.73 0.72 0.72 0.73 d 0.61 0.64 0.85 0.91 0.64 0.64 0.64 0.64
e 0.72 0.80 0.87 0.93 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 e 0.64 0.69 0.85 0.90 0.68 0.69 0.69 0.68
g 0.69 0.77 0.93 0.93 0.77 0.77 0.77 0.77 g 0.62 0.68 0.91 0.91 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.68
k 0.88 0.97 0.67 0.77 0.72 0.97 0.97 0.99 k 0.88 0.96 0.58 0.62 0.61 0.96 0.96 0.99
m 0.88 1.00 0.66 0.76 0.71 0.97 1.00 0.97 m 0.87 1.00 0.57 0.63 0.62 0.96 1.00 0.96
q 0.88 1.00 0.66 0.76 0.71 0.97 1.00 0.97 q 0.87 1.00 0.57 0.63 0.62 0.96 1.00 0.96
a 0.87 0.97 0.67 0.77 0.72 0.99 0.97 0.97 a 0.87 0.96 0.58 0.62 0.61 0.99 0.96 0.96
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Processing Time
Benign Malware
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10 0.02 0.16
20 0.02 0.28
30 0.03 0.30
40 0.03 0.36
50 0.06 0.84
60 0.09 0.94
70 0.13 0.97
80 0.25 1.03
90 0.56 1.31
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