A theoretical study of hardware performance counters-based malware detection

K Basu, P Krishnamurthy, F Khorrami… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Malware can range from simple adware to stealthy kernel control-flow modifying rootkits.
Although anti-virus software is popular, an ongoing cat-and-mouse cycle of anti-virus …

On the feasibility of online malware detection with performance counters

J Demme, M Maycock, J Schmitz, A Tang… - ACM SIGARCH …, 2013 - dl.acm.org
The proliferation of computers in any domain is followed by the proliferation of malware in
that domain. Systems, including the latest mobile platforms, are laden with viruses, rootkits …

Analyzing hardware based malware detectors

N Patel, A Sasan, H Homayoun - Proceedings of the 54th Annual Design …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Detection of malicious software at the hardware level is emerging as an effective solution to
increasing security threats. Hardware based detectors rely on Machine Learning (ML) …

Comprehensive assessment of run-time hardware-supported malware detection using general and ensemble learning

H Sayadi, A Houmansadr, S Rafatirad… - Proceedings of the 15th …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Recent studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of Hardware Performance Counters
(HPCs) for detecting pattern of malicious applications. Hardware-supported detectors utilize …

Hardware performance counters can detect malware: Myth or fact?

B Zhou, A Gupta, R Jahanshahi, M Egele… - Proceedings of the 2018 …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
The ever-increasing prevalence of malware has led to the explorations of various detection
mechanisms. Several recent works propose to use Hardware Performance Counters (HPCs) …

On the detection of kernel-level rootkits using hardware performance counters

B Singh, D Evtyushkin, J Elwell, R Riley… - … of the 2017 ACM on Asia …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Recent work has investigated the use of hardware performance counters (HPCs) for the
detection of malware running on a system. These works gather traces of HPCs for a variety …

Performance monitoring counter based intelligent malware detection and design alternatives

J Pattee, SM Anik, BK Lee - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hardware solutions for malware detection are becoming increasingly important as software-
based solutions can be easily compromised by intelligent malware. However, the cost of …

A survey on hardware-based malware detection approaches

CP Chenet, A Savino, S Di Carlo - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper delves into the dynamic landscape of computer security, where malware poses a
paramount threat. Our focus is a riveting exploration of the recent and promising hardware …

[HTML][HTML] Towards accurate run-time hardware-assisted stealthy malware detection: a lightweight, yet effective time series CNN-based approach

H Sayadi, Y Gao, H Mohammadi Makrani, J Lin… - Cryptography, 2021 - mdpi.com
According to recent security analysis reports, malicious software (aka malware) is rising at
an alarming rate in numbers, complexity, and harmful purposes to compromise the security …

Ensemble learning for effective run-time hardware-based malware detection: A comprehensive analysis and classification

H Sayadi, N Patel, A Sasan, S Rafatirad… - Proceedings of the 55th …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Malware detection at the hardware level has emerged recently as a promising solution to
improve the security of computing systems. Hardware-based malware detectors take …