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Machine Learning-Based Malware Detection

In this chapter, we begin to get serious about applying data science to cybersecurity. We will begin by learning how to perform static and dynamic analysis on samples. Building on this knowledge, we will learn how to featurize samples in order to construct a dataset with informative features. The highlight of the chapter is learning how to build a static malware detector using the featurization skills we have learned. Finally, you will learn how to tackle important machine learning challenges that occur in the domain of cybersecurity, such as class imbalance and false positive rate (FPR) constraints.

The chapter covers the following recipes:

Malware static analysis
Malware dynamic analysis
Using machine learning to detect the file type
Measuring the similarity between two strings
Measuring the similarity between two files
Extracting N...

Key benefits

Manage data of varying complexity to protect your system using the Python ecosystem

Apply ML to pentesting, malware, data privacy, intrusion detection system(IDS) and social engineering

Automate your daily workflow by addressing various security challenges using the recipes covered in the book

Description

Organizations today face a major threat in terms of cybersecurity, from malicious URLs to credential reuse, and having robust security systems can make all the difference. With this book, you'll learn how to use Python libraries such as TensorFlow and scikit-learn to implement the latest artificial intelligence (AI) techniques and handle challenges faced by cybersecurity researchers. You'll begin by exploring various machine learning (ML) techniques and tips for setting up a secure lab environment. Next, you'll implement key ML algorithms such as clustering, gradient boosting, random forest, and XGBoost. The book will guide you through constructing classifiers and features for malware, which you'll train and test on real samples. As you progress, you'll build self-learning, reliant systems to handle cybersecurity tasks such as identifying malicious URLs, spam email detection, intrusion detection, network protection, and tracking user and process behavior. Later, you'll apply generative adversarial networks (GANs) and autoencoders to advanced security tasks. Finally, you'll delve into secure and private AI to protect the privacy rights of consumers using your ML models. By the end of this book, you'll have the skills you need to tackle real-world problems faced in the cybersecurity domain using a recipe-based approach.

Who is this book for?

This book is for cybersecurity professionals and security researchers who are looking to implement the latest machine learning techniques to boost computer security, and gain insights into securing an organization using red and blue team ML. This recipe-based book will also be useful for data scientists and machine learning developers who want to experiment with smart techniques in the cybersecurity domain. Working knowledge of Python programming and familiarity with cybersecurity fundamentals will help you get the most out of this book.

What you will learn

Learn how to build malware classifiers to detect suspicious activities

Apply ML to generate custom malware to pentest your security

Use ML algorithms with complex datasets to implement cybersecurity concepts

Create neural networks to identify fake videos and images

Secure your organization from one of the most popular threats – insider threats

Defend against zero-day threats by constructing an anomaly detection system

Detect web vulnerabilities effectively by combining Metasploit and ML

Understand how to train a model without exposing the training data

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