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The MAL: A Malware Analysis Lexicon
- February 2013
- In this report, the authors present results of the Malware Analysis Lexicon (MAL) initiative, which developed the first common vocabulary for malware analysis.
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Publisher: Software Engineering Institute
CMU/SEI Report Number: CMU/SEI-2013-TN-010
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Abstract
The lack of a controlled vocabulary for malware analysis is a symptom of the field's immaturity and an impediment to its growth. Malware analysis is a splintered discipline, with many small teams that for cultural reasons do not, or cannot, readily communicate among themselves; this condition encourages the growth of many local dialects. This report presents the results of the Malware Analysis Lexicon (MAL) initiative, a small project to develop the discipline's first common vocabulary.
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SEI
Mundie, David; & McIntire, David. The MAL: A Malware Analysis Lexicon. CMU/SEI-2013-TN-010. Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. 2013. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=40240
IEEE
Mundie. David, and McIntire. David, "The MAL: A Malware Analysis Lexicon," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Note CMU/SEI-2013-TN-010, 2013. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=40240
APA
Mundie, David., & McIntire, David. (2013). The MAL: A Malware Analysis Lexicon (CMU/SEI-2013-TN-010). Retrieved October 17, 2017, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=40240
CHI
David Mundie, & David McIntire. The MAL: A Malware Analysis Lexicon (CMU/SEI-2013-TN-010). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2013. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=40240
MLA
Mundie, David., & McIntire, David. 2013. The MAL: A Malware Analysis Lexicon (Technical Report CMU/SEI-2013-TN-010). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=40240
BibTex
@techreport{MundieTheMAL2013,
title={The MAL: A Malware Analysis Lexicon},
author={David Mundie and David McIntire},
year={2013},
number={CMU/SEI-2013-TN-010},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
address={Pittsburgh, PA},
url={http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=40240}
}