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Presentation from the Colloquium on Future Directions in Cyber Security on Nov 7, 2011.

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Page 1: Moving Anti-Malware Research Forward (Fraser)

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Tim Fraser Program Manager, Information Innovation Office

DARPA Cyber Colloquium Arlington, VA

November 7, 2011

Moving Anti-Malware Research Forward

Page 2: Moving Anti-Malware Research Forward (Fraser)

The boundary between malicious and benign is fractally complex

• We and our adversaries are both exploring the boundary

• Their costs are low • Ours are high

(Source: Sentar Inc.’s MATCH project.)

Leveling the Playing Field with Automation

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Page 3: Moving Anti-Malware Research Forward (Fraser)

WANTED: Breakthroughs in Deep Program Analysis

Reduce Human Analysis Time – Reduce Costs

Cyber Genome Reuse resembles heredity Extract lineage graphs Do profiling and forecasting

Program:

Insight:

Approach:

Application:

APAC Analyses can now scale Define and demonstrate properties Certify mobile applications

SeL4 9KLOC [Klein 2009]

Linux 6MLOC [Dillig 2008]

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Page 4: Moving Anti-Malware Research Forward (Fraser)

DARPA Program Analysis Challenge

A second way to participate in the APAC effort Open to all comers

A chance to prove your program analysis chops

Win cash

Early 2013

E-mail [email protected]

• DARPA provides a set of mobile applications

• Bring your own tools

• Set time limit

• Compete to label each app as malicious or benign most accurately

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