Nowadays, although it is widely known which behaviors of a software define a malware, there is a large gray area of invasive behaviors that do not make software necessarily harmful but act pervasively without the user’s perception. Being adequately informed of such behaviors is crucial to enhance transparency and awareness about the possible risks or blind spots to consider when executing/adopting a software tool or library. To cope with this issue, this work aims to (i) identify and classify equivocal behaviors of desktop software applications and (ii) assess the relevance and prevalence of such behaviors in trusted software. We identify twelve equivocal behaviors and evaluate their equivocality through a survey involving 32 software engineering and cybersecurity experts. Then, we investigate the extent to which such behaviors are exhibited by trusted software compared to malware samples. The results demonstrate that most surveyed experts generally agree on the equivocality of identified behaviors. In addition, legitimate software frequently manifests some of the behaviors identified as equivocal. Specifically, in more than 30% of reports generated for trusted software, we find behaviors aimed to (i) obtain information about the client system and available resources, (ii) perform advanced interaction with OS utilities, or (iii) avoid analysis.
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10:30 - 12:30 | SecurityJournal First / Research Papers / Industry Papers at Aurora B Chair(s): Zhenchang Xing CSIRO’s Data61; Australian National University | ||
10:30 20mTalk | Come for Syntax, Stay for Speed, Write Secure Code: An Empirical Study of Security Weaknesses in Julia Programs Journal First Yue Zhang Auburn University, Justin Murphy Tennessee Tech University, Akond Rahman Auburn University | ||
10:50 20mTalk | AIM: Automated Input Set Minimization for Metamorphic Security Testing Journal First Nazanin Bayati Chaleshtari University of Ottawa, Yoann Marquer University of Luxembourg, Fabrizio Pastore University of Luxembourg, Lionel Briand University of Ottawa, Canada; Lero centre, University of Limerick, Ireland | ||
11:10 20mTalk | Understanding Industry Perspectives of Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Evaluation Research Papers Yuan Li Zhejiang University, Peisen Yao Zhejiang University, Kan Yu Ant Group, Chengpeng Wang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Yaoyang Ye Zhejiang University, Song Li The State Key Laboratory of Blockchain and Data Security, Zhejiang University, Meng Luo The State Key Laboratory of Blockchain and Data Security, Zhejiang University, Yepang Liu Southern University of Science and Technology, Kui Ren Zhejiang University DOI | ||
11:30 20mTalk | Efficient and Robust Security-Patch Localization for Disclosed OSS Vulnerabilities with Fine-Tuned LLMs in an Industrial Setting Industry Papers Dezhi Ran Peking University, Lin Li Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Co., Ltd., Liuchuan Zhu Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Co., Ltd., Yuan Cao Peking University, Landelong Zhao Peking University, Xin Tan Beihang University, Guangtai Liang Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies, Qianxiang Wang Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd, Tao Xie Peking University | ||
11:50 20mTalk | It’s Acting Odd! Exploring Equivocal Behaviors of Goodware Research Papers Gregorio Dalia University of Sannio, Andrea Di Sorbo University of Sannio, Corrado A. Visaggio University of Sannio, Italy, Gerardo Canfora University of Sannio DOI | ||
12:10 20mTalk | On the Unnecessary Complexity of Names in X.509 and Their Impact on Implementations Research Papers Yuteng Sun The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Joyanta Debnath Stony Brook University, Wenzheng Hong Independent, Omar Chowdhury Stony Brook University, Sze Yiu Chau The Chinese University of Hong Kong DOI | ||
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