Ransomware,particularly crypto-ransomware,remains a significant cybersecurity challenge,encrypting victim data and demanding a ransom,often leaving the data irretrievable even if payment is made.This study proposes an...Ransomware,particularly crypto-ransomware,remains a significant cybersecurity challenge,encrypting victim data and demanding a ransom,often leaving the data irretrievable even if payment is made.This study proposes an early detection approach to mitigate such threats by identifying ransomware activity before the encryption process begins.The approach employs a two-tiered approach:a signature-based method using hashing techniques to match known threats and a dynamic behavior-based analysis leveraging Cuckoo Sandbox and machine learning algorithms.A critical feature is the integration of the most effective Application Programming Interface call monitoring,which analyzes system-level interactions such as file encryption,key generation,and registry modifications.This enables the detection of both known and zero-day ransomware variants,overcoming limitations of traditional methods.The proposed technique was evaluated using classifiers such as Random Forest,Support Vector Machine,and K-Nearest Neighbors,achieving a detection accuracy of 98%based on 26 key ransomware attributes with an 80:20 training-to-testing ratio and 10-fold cross-validation.By combining minimal feature sets with robust behavioral analysis,the proposed method outperforms existing solutions and addresses current challenges in ransomware detection,thereby enhancing cybersecurity resilience.展开更多
针对恶意软件利用环境感知能力来逃避分析系统检测的现状,深入研究基于系统应用程序接口(Application Program Interface,API)的环境感知技术,并实现全面检测环境感知API的自动化工具EAFinder(Environment-Aware API Finder)。EAFinder...针对恶意软件利用环境感知能力来逃避分析系统检测的现状,深入研究基于系统应用程序接口(Application Program Interface,API)的环境感知技术,并实现全面检测环境感知API的自动化工具EAFinder(Environment-Aware API Finder)。EAFinder能够枚举所有的系统API,并在真机和模拟器中进行自动化调用,最终通过比较API在不同环境中的可访问性和返回值的差异,检测出环境感知API。实验结果显示EAFinder在Android 9至13上共检测出344个API,排除误报后得到323个可用于环境感知的API。将其按使用方式分为独立使用、基于阈值使用和组合使用三类,并抽样测试了各类API的有效性,结果显示利用这些API能以97%的准确率区分真实设备和模拟器。展开更多
基金funded by the National University of Sciences and Technology(NUST)supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF),funded by the Ministry of Education(2021R1IIA3049788).
文摘Ransomware,particularly crypto-ransomware,remains a significant cybersecurity challenge,encrypting victim data and demanding a ransom,often leaving the data irretrievable even if payment is made.This study proposes an early detection approach to mitigate such threats by identifying ransomware activity before the encryption process begins.The approach employs a two-tiered approach:a signature-based method using hashing techniques to match known threats and a dynamic behavior-based analysis leveraging Cuckoo Sandbox and machine learning algorithms.A critical feature is the integration of the most effective Application Programming Interface call monitoring,which analyzes system-level interactions such as file encryption,key generation,and registry modifications.This enables the detection of both known and zero-day ransomware variants,overcoming limitations of traditional methods.The proposed technique was evaluated using classifiers such as Random Forest,Support Vector Machine,and K-Nearest Neighbors,achieving a detection accuracy of 98%based on 26 key ransomware attributes with an 80:20 training-to-testing ratio and 10-fold cross-validation.By combining minimal feature sets with robust behavioral analysis,the proposed method outperforms existing solutions and addresses current challenges in ransomware detection,thereby enhancing cybersecurity resilience.
文摘针对恶意软件利用环境感知能力来逃避分析系统检测的现状,深入研究基于系统应用程序接口(Application Program Interface,API)的环境感知技术,并实现全面检测环境感知API的自动化工具EAFinder(Environment-Aware API Finder)。EAFinder能够枚举所有的系统API,并在真机和模拟器中进行自动化调用,最终通过比较API在不同环境中的可访问性和返回值的差异,检测出环境感知API。实验结果显示EAFinder在Android 9至13上共检测出344个API,排除误报后得到323个可用于环境感知的API。将其按使用方式分为独立使用、基于阈值使用和组合使用三类,并抽样测试了各类API的有效性,结果显示利用这些API能以97%的准确率区分真实设备和模拟器。
