Malware - Research directions and open problems

Researchers have been fighting malware, in its different forms, for over three decades. In this talk we will discuss some of main challenges in the area, and we will look at their evolution over the years. I will focus on the importance of data-driven research, on the role of big-data and machine learning, and I will investigate how large malware datasets could potentially help us to better understand and protect against this threat. The talk will also review some of our current work in the field and present the results of several studies we recently performed to better understand the malware ecosystem.