Metamorphism: A software protection mechanism

International Conference on i-Warfare and Security, ICIW 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 57-65

  Dube, Thomas ^a   Edge, Kenneth ^a   Raines, Richard ^a   Baldwin, Rusty ^a   Mullins, Barry ^a   Reuter, Christopher ^a  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti debugging; Anti disassembly; Metamorphism; Opcode shifting; Software protection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CRIME; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; VIRUSES;

ANTI-DEBUGGING; ANTI-DISASSEMBLY; METAMORPHISM; OPCODE SHIFTING; SOFTWARE PROTECTION;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 84896305038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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