Software Similarity and Classification
Software Similarity and Classification By Silvio Cesare, BIT, M.Info Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Deakin University June, 2013 Acknowledgments I would like to thank the people who made writing this thesis possible. A special thanks to my partner, Kylie, who has supported me greatly. Thanks to Dani, Joe, and Eva who always add a degree of the unexpected to life. Thanks to my mother, Maxine, who enabled me early on to pursue academia. Thanks to my sister, Paloma, who knows too well the life of academic pursuits. Finally, thanks to my supervisor, Prof. Yang Xiang, who has supported me for many years during my Masters degree and PhD. Publications Books 1. Silvio Cesare, Yang Xiang, “Software Similarity and Classification”, Springer, 2012. Refereed Journal Papers 1. Silvio Cesare, Yang Xiang, Wanlei Zhou, "Control Flow-based Malware Variant Detection", IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, IEEE, 2013, (in press). (ERA A) 2. Silvio Cesare, Yang Xiang, Wanlei Zhou, “Malwise - An Effective and Efficient Classification System for Packed and Polymorphic Malware”, IEEE Transactions on Computers, IEEE, vol. 62, no. 6, pp. 1193-1206, 2013. (ERA A*) 3. Yini Wang, Sheng Wen, Silvio Cesare, Wanlie Zhou, Yang Xiang, "Eliminating Errors in Worm Propagation Models", Communication Letters, IEEE, vol. 15, no. 9, pp. 1022-1024, 2011. (ERA A) 4. Yini Wang, Sheng Wen, Silvio Cesare, Wanlie Zhou, Yang Xiang, "The Microcosmic Model of Worm Propagation", The Computer Journal, vol. 54, no. 10, pp. 1700-1720, 2011. (ERA A*) 5. 5. Yongrui Cui, Mingchu Li, Yang Xiang, Yizhi Ren, Silvio Cesare, "A Quality-of- Service based Fine-grained Reputation System in the Grid Economy", Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 2011.
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