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Autori principali: Oliver, Jonathan, Mo, Jue, Yenkar, Susmit, Batta, Raghav, Josyoula, Sekhar
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.11227
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author Oliver, Jonathan
Mo, Jue
Yenkar, Susmit
Batta, Raghav
Josyoula, Sekhar
author_facet Oliver, Jonathan
Mo, Jue
Yenkar, Susmit
Batta, Raghav
Josyoula, Sekhar
contents Similarity has been applied to a wide range of security applications, typically used in machine learning models. We examine the problem posed by masquerading samples; that is samples crafted by bad actors to be similar or near identical to legitimate samples. We find that these samples potentially create significant problems for machine learning solutions. The primary problem being that bad actors can circumvent machine learning solutions by using masquerading samples. We then examine the interplay between digital signatures and machine learning solutions. In particular, we focus on executable files and code signing. We offer a taxonomy for masquerading files. We use a combination of similarity and clustering to find masquerading files. We use the insights gathered in this process to offer improvements to similarity based and machine learning security solutions.
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spellingShingle On the Role of Similarity in Detecting Masquerading Files
Oliver, Jonathan
Mo, Jue
Yenkar, Susmit
Batta, Raghav
Josyoula, Sekhar
Cryptography and Security
Machine Learning
Similarity has been applied to a wide range of security applications, typically used in machine learning models. We examine the problem posed by masquerading samples; that is samples crafted by bad actors to be similar or near identical to legitimate samples. We find that these samples potentially create significant problems for machine learning solutions. The primary problem being that bad actors can circumvent machine learning solutions by using masquerading samples. We then examine the interplay between digital signatures and machine learning solutions. In particular, we focus on executable files and code signing. We offer a taxonomy for masquerading files. We use a combination of similarity and clustering to find masquerading files. We use the insights gathered in this process to offer improvements to similarity based and machine learning security solutions.
title On the Role of Similarity in Detecting Masquerading Files
topic Cryptography and Security
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.11227