Self Propogating Malware with Varying Signature
Mr. Subarna Panda · International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology · 2019
Malware is different from normal programs in a way that they most of them have the ability to spread itself in the network, remain undetectable, cause changes/damage to the infected system or network, persistence.They have the ability to bring down the machine's performance to knees and can cause a destruction of the network.Consider the case when the computer becomes infected and is no longer usable, the data inside becomes unavailable these are some of the malware damage scenarios.Malware attacks can be traced back to the time, even before the internet became widespread.As malware attacks become more frequent, attention has begun to shift from viruses and spyware protection, to malware protection, and programs that have been specifically developed to combat malware.Most of the malwares are detected by anti-malware programs since expected outcome won't be delivered.Python is an interpreted language, making it cross-platform, similar to other architectureneutral bytecode-based languages.Therefore, it is one of the most popular programming languages used in wide ranging domains.In general, a malware tries to infect as many devices as possible while avoiding detection for as long as possible.Most antimalware programs scan for malware by looking for known signatures of malware.When a new malware is discovered, it is fingerprinted and added to the malware definitions database.Programs have a fixed signature after they are created.But there are various methods a program can alter its own signature.Such methods can be used by a malware to evade signature-based anti-malware programs.This project intends to program a malware that periodically alters its own signature Keywords Python: A computer programming language Redbaron: A library file in python Malware: Any malicious piece of code which harms a computer Hacker: A hacker is someone do harm or steal data using technology I.