Stealthy software: Next-generation cyber-attacks and defenses
Kevin W. Hamlen · 2013
Weaponized software is the latest development in a decades-old battle of virus-antivirus co-evolution. Reactively adaptive malware and automated binary transformation are two recently emerging offensive and defensive (respectively) technologies that may shape future cyberwarfare weapons. The former intelligently learns and adapts to antiviral defenses fully automatically in the wild, while the latter applies code mutation technology to defense, transforming potentially dangerous programs into safe programs. These technologies and their roles within the landscape of malware attack and defense are examined and discussed.