Image‐based malware classification using VGG19 network and spatial convolutional attention

• Main Authors: Awan, Mazhar Javed, Masood, Osama Ahmed, Mohammed, Mazin Abed, Yasin, Awais, Mohd. Zain, Azlan, Damasevicius, Robertas, Abdulkareem, Karrar Hameed
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2021
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science; T58.5-58.64 Information technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94493/1/AzlanMohdZain2021_ImageBasedMalwareClassification.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94493/; http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics10192444
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

In recent years the amount of malware spreading through the internet and infecting computers and other communication devices has tremendously increased. To date, countless techniques and methodologies have been proposed to detect and neutralize these malicious agents. However, as new and automated m...