A taxonomy of self-modifying code for obfuscation

Mavrogiannopoulos, Nikos; Kisserli, Nessim; Preneel, Bart

doi:10.1016/j.cose.2011.08.007

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“…The typical techniques of dynamic analyses include memory dump, running a debugger, etc. To prevent these techniques, methods for introducing dynamic diversity to a program were proposed [4], [5].…”

Section: A Analysis Techniquesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An Instruction Folding Method to Prevent Reverse Engineering in Java Platform

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Tamada

Kanzaki

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2013 14th ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed C

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To improve tamper resistance of programs against illegal modification, this paper proposes instruction folding applicable to Java platform. In the proposed method, at first, similar methods are selected in a Java program. Next, these methods are merged into one method and diffs among these methods are stored in the program. Then, at runtime, when one of the merged methods is executed, diffs are restored by self-modification, which is realized by the Java instrumentation mechanism. The proposed method is resilient against tampering of folded method. Even if an adversary modifies the folded method, the program goes crash because the method is repeatedly modified at runtime.

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Section: A Analysis Techniquesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Previous studies proposed methods to protect programs in PE format (Windows platform), ELF format (UNIX platform), and assembly language [4], [5]. These techniques are expected to protect Java programs as well, but we need to somehow introduce self modification mechanism in Java programs to realize dynamic program translation.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

An Instruction Folding Method to Prevent Reverse Engineering in Java Platform

Ohdo

Tamada

Kanzaki

et al. 2013

2013 14th ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed C

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“…While a number of obfuscation techniques are known to exist [9], ex. self-modifying code [10], polymorphic code, metamorphic code, diversion code [11], none of them are intended to modify the underlying algorithm.…”

Section: Self-modificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis of Types of Self-Improving Software

Yampolskiy

2015

Artificial General Intelligence

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“…In an encoded executable record, unique system code is scrambled, and a decoding routine is added to the first program. Consequently, code encryption is a type of self-changing code [23]. Really, the whole program is dealt with as information, while the decoding routine remains code.…”

Section: Static Attacksmentioning

confidence: 99%

Software Security Techniques: Risks and Challenges

2016

SBNA

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A taxonomy of self-modifying code for obfuscation

Cited by 40 publications

References 7 publications

An Instruction Folding Method to Prevent Reverse Engineering in Java Platform

An Instruction Folding Method to Prevent Reverse Engineering in Java Platform

Analysis of Types of Self-Improving Software

Software Security Techniques: Risks and Challenges

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