Date of Graduation
5-2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Department
Computer Science and Computer Engineering
Advisor/Mentor
Thompson, Dale
Committee Member/Reader
Panda, Brajendra
Committee Member/Second Reader
Pan, Yanjun
Abstract
Many forms of malicious software use techniques and tools that make it harder for their functionality to be parsed, both by antivirus software and reverse-engineering methods. Historically, the vast majority of malware has been written for the Windows operating system due to its large user base. As such, most efforts made for malware detection and analysis have been performed on that platform. However, in recent years, we have seen an increase in malware targeting servers running Linux and other Unix-like operating systems resulting in more emphasis of malware research on these platforms. In this work, several obfuscation techniques for Linux malware were analyzed. The goal of this thesis is to examine how they operate, how they differ from Windows obfuscation techniques, and their effectiveness in obstructing analysis, including some methods for analysts to circumvent them.
Keywords
Linux, malware, malware obfuscation, Mirai, CronRAT
Citation
Roden, B. (2023). Linux Malware Obfuscation. Computer Science and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/csceuht/112