Computer Viruses and Malware

By: John Aycock

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Hardcover | 22 August 2006

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Our Internet-connected society increasingly relies on computers. As a result, attacks on computers from malicious software have never been a bigger concern. Computer Viruses and Malware draws together hundreds of sources to provide an unprecedented view of malicious software and its countermeasures. This book discusses both the technical and human factors involved in computer viruses, worms, and anti-virus software. It also looks at the application of malicious software to computer crime and information warfare.

Computer Viruses and Malware is designed for a professional audience composed of researchers and practitioners in industry. This book is also suitable as a secondary text for advanced-level students in computer science.

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Dedication	p. v
List of Figures	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
We've Got Problems	p. 1
Dramatis Personae	p. 1
The Myth of Absolute Security	p. 2
The Cost of Malware	p. 3
The Number of Threats	p. 4
Speed of Propagation	p. 5
People	p. 6
About this Book	p. 7
Some Words of Warning	p. 7
Definitions and Timeline	p. 11
Malware Types	p. 11
Logic Bomb	p. 12
Trojan Horse	p. 12
Back Door	p. 13
Virus	p. 14
Worm	p. 15
Rabbit	p. 16
Spyware	p. 16
Adware	p. 17
Hybrids, Droppers, and Blended Threats	p. 17
Zombies	p. 18
Naming	p. 19
Authorship	p. 21
Timeline	p. 22
Viruses	p. 27
Classification by Target	p. 28
Boot-Sector Infectors	p. 28
File Infectors	p. 30
Macro Viruses	p. 33
Classification by Concealment Strategy	p. 34
No Concealment	p. 34
Encryption	p. 35
Stealth	p. 37
Oligomorphism	p. 38
Polymorphism	p. 38
Metamorphism	p. 46
Strong Encryption	p. 47
Virus Kits	p. 48
Anti-Virus Techniques	p. 53
Detection: Static Methods	p. 55
Scanners	p. 55
Static Heuristics	p. 69
Integrity Checkers	p. 70
Detection: Dynamic Methods	p. 71
Behavior Monitors/Blockers	p. 71
Emulation	p. 74
Comparison of Anti-Virus Detection Techniques	p. 79
Verification, Quarantine, and Disinfection	p. 80
Verification	p. 81
Quarantine	p. 82
Disinfection	p. 82
Virus Databases and Virus Description Languages	p. 85
Short Subjects	p. 88
Anti-Stealth Techniques	p. 88
Macro Virus Detection	p. 89
Compiler Optimization	p. 90
Anti-Anti-Virus Techniques	p. 97
Retroviruses	p. 97
Entry Point Obfuscation	p. 99
Anti-Emulation	p. 99
Outlast	p. 99
Outsmart	p. 100
Overextend	p. 100
Armoring	p. 101
Anti-Debugging	p. 101
Anti-Disassembly	p. 103
Tunneling	p. 105
Integrity Checker Attacks	p. 106
Avoidance	p. 106
Weaknesses Exploited	p. 109
Technical Weaknesses	p. 109
Background	p. 110
Buffer Overflows	p. 113
Integer Overflows	p. 123
Format String Vulnerabilities	p. 125
Defenses	p. 127
Finding Weaknesses	p. 132
Human Weaknesses	p. 134
Virus Hoaxes	p. 136
Worms	p. 143
Worm History	p. 144
Xerox PARC, c. 1982	p. 144
The Internet Worm, November 1988	p. 145
Propagation	p. 148
Initial Seeding	p. 149
Finding Targets	p. 150
Deworming	p. 157
Defense	p. 158
User	p. 158
Host	p. 158
Perimeter	p. 163
Capture and Containment	p. 167
Honeypots	p. 168
Reverse Firewalls	p. 169
Throttling	p. 170
Automatic Countermeasures	p. 172
"Applications"	p. 177
Benevolent Malware	p. 177
Spam	p. 178
Access-for-Sale Worms	p. 179
Cryptovirology	p. 181
Information Warfare	p. 182
Cyberterrorism	p. 185
People and Communities	p. 189
Malware Authors	p. 189
Who?	p. 189
Why?	p. 190
The Anti-Virus Community	p. 191
Perceptions	p. 192
Another Day in Paradise	p. 192
Customer Demands	p. 194
Engineering	p. 195
Open Questions	p. 196
What Should We Do?	p. 201
References	p. 205
Index	p. 223
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