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Record W4386256163 · doi:10.24908/iqurcp16688

Leveraging Dual-Generative Adversarial Networks for Adversarial Malware Detection via Ensemble Learning

2023· article· en· W4386256163 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueInquiry Queen s Undergraduate Research Conference Proceedings · 2023
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldComputer Science
TopicAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsComputer scienceMalwareAdversarial systemExecutableAdversarial machine learningArtificial intelligenceMachine learningRobustness (evolution)ScalabilityGenerator (circuit theory)Computer securityProgramming languageOperating system

Abstract

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 In the expanding realm of cybersecurity, machine learning-based malware detection has emerged as a vital line of defense. However, the growing sophistication of malware attacks poses formidable challenges to conventional detection systems. To address this, this paper uses a Generative Adversarial Network that utilizes dual generators for adversarial learning on malware, designed to enhance the detection of harmful Portable Executable (PE) files. Our model employs a two-tiered generator system within the GAN architecture, where the secondary generator intervenes when the primary generator yields a malware PE executable dismissed by the detector.
 The detection unit leverages ensemble learning techniques to analyze the PE software feature vector, capitalizing on the synergy of multiple learning models for improved performance and generalization. This setup empowers the system to generate a broader range of adversarial examples and respond to them effectively, enhancing the robustness of the detector against previously unseen or variable malware types.
 
 
 

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Full frame distilled prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.003
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMeta-epidemiology (narrow), Science and technology studies
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Methods · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.970
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0030.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.003
Science and technology studies0.0020.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.002
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0000.002
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.084
GPT teacher head0.356
Teacher spread0.272 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it