A Cautionary Tale About Detecting Malware Using Hardware Performance Counters and Machine Learning
Boyou Zhou, Anmol Gupta, Rasoul Jahanshahi, Manuel Egele, Ajay Joshi
Abstract
Editor's note: This article revisits the literature around the use of hardware performance counters for malware detection, highlighting discrepancies, and providing a retrospection of challenges for future research.
Topics & Concepts
MalwareComputer scienceEmbedded systemComputer hardwareArtificial intelligenceMachine learningOperating systemComputer securityAdvanced Malware Detection TechniquesSecurity and Verification in ComputingNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection