This project was co-financed with state support of the CR Technological Agency as part of Programu aplikovaného výzkumu a experimentálního vývoje ALFA
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Project detail

System for Support of Platform Independent Malware Analysis in Executable Files

Duration: 01.01.2011 — 31.12.2013

Funding resources

Technologická agentura ČR - Program aplikovaného výzkumu a experimentálního vývoje ALFA

- whole funder (2011-01-01 - 2013-12-31)

On the project

Cílem projektu je vytvořit kompaktní systém pro podporu platformě nezávislé analýzy potenciálně škodlivého kódu. Tento systém bude schopen pracovat s binárním spustitelným kódem bez ohledu na jeho formát či platformu, pro kterou byl kód vytvořen. Výstupem bude jednotná, funkcionálně ekvivalentní reprezentace kódu v jazyce, který bude pro tento účel navržen. Projekt umožní nahlížet na binární aplikace jednotným způsobem a tím pádem významnou měrou přispěje k rozšíření bezpečnostního softwaru i na platformy, které v současnosti nejsou chráněny (např. mobilní telefony, multimediální přehrávače apod.).

Description in English
The primary objective of this project is creation of compact system for support of malware analysis. This system will be able to analyze binary executable code, no matter which format or platform was the file created for. Compact, functionally equivalent form of representation will be the output of analysis process. Special computer language will designed for this purpose. Usage of such system will lead to expansion of the anti-virus industry to new markets like mobile phones, multimedia players, etc.

Keywords
škodlivý kód, antivir, reverzní inženýrství, bezpečnost, analýza kódu, transformace kódu, překladač, zpětný překladač, zpětný assembler

Key words in English
malware, anti-virus, reverse engineering, security, code analysis, code transformation, compiler, decompiler, disassembler

Mark

TA01010667

Default language

Czech

People responsible

Kolář Dušan, doc. Dr. Ing. - fellow researcher
Krčma Pavel - principal person responsible
Obluk Karel, Ing., Ph.D. - principal person responsible

Units

Department of Information Systems
- co-beneficiary (2011-01-01 - 2013-12-31)

Results

JIRÁK, O.; KOLÁŘ, D. Comparison of Classical and Lazy Approach in SCG Compiler. NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS ICNAAM 2011: International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics. AIP Conference Proceedings. Halkidiki: American Institute of Physics, 2011. p. 873-876. ISBN: 978-0-7354-0956-9. ISSN: 1551-7616.
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MATULA, P.; KOLÁŘ, D. Reconstruction of simple data types in decompilation. Sborník příspěvků Mezinárodní Masarykovy konference pro doktorandy a mladé vědecké pracovníky 2013. Hradec Králové: Akademické sdružení MAGNANIMITAS Assn., 2013. p. 1-10. ISBN: 978-80-87952-00-9.
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KŘOUSTEK, J.; PŘIKRYL, Z.; KOLÁŘ, D.; HRUŠKA, T. Retargetable Multi-level Debugging in HW/SW Codesign. The 23rd International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM 2011). Hammamet: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2011. p. 1-6. ISBN: 978-1-4577-2209-7.
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PŘIKRYL, Z.; KŘOUSTEK, J.; HRUŠKA, T.; KOLÁŘ, D. Fast Just-In-Time Translated Simulator for ASIP Design. In 14th IEEE International Symposium on Design and Diagnostics of Electronic Circuits and Systems. Cottbus: IEEE Computer Society, 2011. p. 279-282. ISBN: 978-1-4244-9753-9.
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ĎURFINA, L.; KŘOUSTEK, J.; ZEMEK, P.; KOLÁŘ, D.; HRUŠKA, T.; MASAŘÍK, K.; MEDUNA, A. Design of a Retargetable Decompiler for a Static Platform-Independent Malware Analysis. The 5th International Conference on Information Security and Assurance. Communications in Computer and Information Science, Volume 200. Brno: Springer Verlag, 2011. p. 72-86. ISBN: 978-3-642-23140-7.
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ĎURFINA, L.; KŘOUSTEK, J.; ZEMEK, P.; KOLÁŘ, D.; HRUŠKA, T.; MASAŘÍK, K.; MEDUNA, A. Design of an Automatically Generated Retargetable Decompiler. 2nd European Conference of COMPUTER SCIENCE (ECCS'11). Puerto De La Cruz, Tenerife: North Atlantic University Union, 2011. p. 199-204. ISBN: 978-1-61804-056-5.
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KŘOUSTEK, J.; ŽIDEK, S.; KOLÁŘ, D.; MEDUNA, A. Scattered Context Grammars with Priority. International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science, 2011, vol. 2, no. 4, p. 1-6. ISSN: 0976-5697.
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ĎURFINA, L.; KŘOUSTEK, J.; ZEMEK, P.; KOLÁŘ, D.; HRUŠKA, T.; MASAŘÍK, K.; MEDUNA, A. Design of a Retargetable Decompiler for a Static Platform-Independent Malware Analysis. International Journal of Security and Its Applications, 2011, vol. 5, no. 4, p. 91-106. ISSN: 1738-9976.
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ĎURFINA, L.; KŘOUSTEK, J.; ZEMEK, P.; KOLÁŘ, D.; HRUŠKA, T.; MASAŘÍK, K.; MEDUNA, A. Advanced Static Analysis for Decompilation Using Scattered Context Grammars. Proceedings of the Applied Computing Conference 2011 (ACC'11). Angers: World Scientific and Engineering Academy, 2011. p. 164-169. ISBN: 978-1-61804-051-0.
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KŘOUSTEK, J.; MATULA, P.; ĎURFINA, L. Generic Plugin-Based Converter of Object File Formats and Its Usage in Retargetable Decompilation. Proceedings of the 6th International Scientific and Technical Conference (CSIT'2011). Lviv: Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Institute of Computer Science and Information Technologies, 2011. p. 127-130. ISBN: 978-966-2191-04-2.
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ĎURFINA, L. Recognition of Register Realignment by Scattered Context Grammars. Proceedings of the 17th Conference and Competition STUDENT EEICT 2011 Volume 3. Brno: Faculty of Information Technology BUT, 2011. p. 470-474. ISBN: 978-80-214-4273-3.
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ĎURFINA, L.; KOLÁŘ, D. C Source Code Obfuscator. Book of Abstracts ISCAMI 2011. Malenovice: University of Ostrava, 2011. p. 52-52.
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ĎURFINA, L.; KŘOUSTEK, J.; ZEMEK, P.; KOLÁŘ, D.; HRUŠKA, T.; MASAŘÍK, K.; MEDUNA, A. Design of a Retargetable Decompiler for a Static Platform-Independent Malware Analysis. 7th Doctoral Workshop on Mathematical and Engineering Methods in Computer Science. Brno: Masaryk University, 2011. p. 114-114. ISBN: 978-80-214-4305-1.
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KŘOUSTEK, J.; KOLÁŘ, D. Object-File-Format Description Language and Its Usage in Retargetable Decompilation. In AIP Conference Proceedings. AIP Conference Proceedings. Kos: American Institute of Physics, 2012. p. 466-469. ISBN: 978-0-7354-1091-6. ISSN: 1551-7616.
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ĎURFINA, L.; KOLÁŘ, D. C Source Code Obfuscator. Kybernetika, 2012, vol. 48, no. 3, p. 0-0. ISSN: 0023-5954.
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ĎURFINA, L.; KŘOUSTEK, J.; ZEMEK, P. Generic Source Code Migration Using Decompilation. 10th Annual Industrial Simulation Conference (ISC'2012). Brno: EUROSIS, 2012. p. 38-42. ISBN: 978-90-77381-71-7.
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ĎURFINA, L.; KŘOUSTEK, J.; ZEMEK, P.; KÁBELE, B. Accurate Recovery of Functions in a Retargetable Decompiler. The 15th International Symposium on Research in Attacks, Intrusions and Defenses (RAID 2012). Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Amsterdam: Springer Verlag, 2012. p. 390-392. ISBN: 978-3-642-33337-8.
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KŘOUSTEK, J.; MATULA, P.; KONČICKÝ, J.; KOLÁŘ, D. Accurate Retargetable Decompilation Using Debug Information. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Emerging Security Information, Systems and Technologies (SECURWARE'12). Rome: International Academy, Research, and Industry Association, 2012. p. 79-84. ISBN: 978-1-61208-209-7.
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ĎURFINA, L.; KŘOUSTEK, J.; ZEMEK, P.; KÁBELE, B. Detection and Recovery of Functions and their Arguments in a Retargetable Decompiler. 19th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE 2012). Kingston, Ontario: IEEE Computer Society, 2012. p. 51-60. ISBN: 978-0-7695-4891-3.
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ĎURFINA, L.; KOLÁŘ, D. Generic detection of register realignment. AIP Conference Proceedings. AIP Conference Proceedings. Kassandra, Halkidiki: American Institute of Physics, 2011. p. 806-809. ISBN: 978-0-7354-0956-9. ISSN: 1551-7616.
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ĎURFINA, L.; KOLÁŘ, D. Generic detection of the statically linked code. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Informatics INFORMATICS 2013. Spišská Nová Ves: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, University of Technology Košice, 2013. p. 157-161. ISBN: 978-80-8143-127-2.
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KŘOUSTEK, J. Decompilation of VLIW Executable Files - Caveats and Pitfalls. 3nd International Scientific Conference Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Cybernetics. Kyiv: Cybernetics Faculty of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 2013. p. 287-296. ISBN: 978-966-399-538-0.
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ĎURFINA, L.; KŘOUSTEK, J.; ZEMEK, P. Psyb0t Malware: A Step-By-Step Decompilation Case Study. In 20th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE). Koblenz: IEEE Computer Society, 2013. p. 449-456. ISBN: 978-1-4799-2930-6.
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KŘOUSTEK, J.; KOLÁŘ, D. Preprocessing of Binary Executable Files Towards Retargetable Decompilation. 8th International Multi-Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology (ICCGI'13). Nice: International Academy, Research, and Industry Association, 2013. p. 259-264. ISBN: 978-1-61208-283-7.
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KŘOUSTEK, J.; KOLÁŘ, D. Approaching Retargetable Static, Dynamic, and Hybrid Executable-Code Analysis. Acta Informatica Pragensia, 2013, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 18-29. ISSN: 1805-4951.
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KŘOUSTEK, J.; KOLÁŘ, D. Context Parsing (Not Only) of the Object-File-Format Description Language. COMPUT SCI INF SYST, 2013, vol. 10, no. 4, p. 1673-1702. ISSN: 1820-0214.
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ĎURFINA, L.; KŘOUSTEK, J.; ZEMEK, P. Retargetable Machine-Code Decompilation in Your Web Browser. 3rd IEEE World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT 2013). Hanoi: IEEE Computer Society, 2013. p. 57-62. ISBN: 978-1-4799-3230-6.
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ĎURFINA, L.; KŘOUSTEK, J.; ZEMEK, P.; VRANA, O.; MATULA, P.; KOLÁŘ, D.: DECOMPILER; Retargetable Decompiler. http://decompiler.fit.vutbr.cz. URL: http://decompiler.fit.vutbr.cz. (software)
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KŘOUSTEK, J.; MATULA, P.; KOLÁŘ, D.; MASAŘÍK, K.: DECOMPILER-BINTRAN; Bintran - converter of binary executable files. http://decompiler.fit.vutbr.cz/bintran. URL: http://decompiler.fit.vutbr.cz/bintran. (software)
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KŘOUSTEK, J.; ZAVORAL, M.; KOLÁŘ, D.: DECOMPILER-FILEINFO; Fileinfo - tool for compiler/packer detection. http://decompiler.fit.vutbr.cz. URL: http://decompiler.fit.vutbr.cz. (software)
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Link

http://www.tacr.cz/programy-ta-cr/program-alfa/

Responsibility: Obluk Karel, Ing., Ph.D.