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A thing of threads and patches.

The article focuses on research into self-assembling computer viruses. It comments on the growth of malware used to steal information and programs to detect malware. It mentions that researchers Vishwath Mohan and Kevin Hamlen of the University of Texas presented a paper to a conference in Bellevue,...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 404; no. 8799; p. 63
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited 8/25/2012
Subjects:
Mohan, Vishwath
Hamlen, Kevin
Heuristic programming
Malware
Computer security software
Code reuse
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article focuses on research into self-assembling computer viruses. It comments on the growth of malware used to steal information and programs to detect malware. It mentions that researchers Vishwath Mohan and Kevin Hamlen of the University of Texas presented a paper to a conference in Bellevue, Washington in August 2012 concerning a malware program that uses computer code from innocuous programs to perform its tasks while avoiding heuristic-using detection software.