Safe and Automated Live Malware Experimentation on Public Testbeds∗
Abdulla Alwabel, Hao Shi, Genevieve Bartlett, Jelena Mirković · 2015
In this paper, we advocate for publicly accessible live malware experimentation testbeds. We introduce new advancements for high-fidelity transparent emulation and fine-grain automatic containment that make such ex-perimentation safe and useful to researchers, and we pro-pose a complete, extensible live-malware experimenta-tion framework. Our framework, aided by our new tech-nologies, facilitates a qualitative leap from current ex-perimentation practices. It enables specific, detailed and quantitative understanding of risk, and safe, fully auto-mated experimentation by novice users, with maximum utility to the researcher. We present preliminary results that demonstrate effectiveness of our technologies and map the path forward for public live-malware experimen-tation. 1