Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Dampier, David A.
Committee Member
Allen, Edward B.
Committee Member
McGrew, Robert Wesley
Date of Degree
5-9-2015
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Computer Science
Degree Name
Master of Science
College
James Worth Bagley College of Engineering
Department
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Abstract
Malware analysts and researchers around the world are looking for innovative means of malware detection and classification. However, one concept of malware analysis that lacks focus is the rating of malware based on their feature set and capabilities. Malware severity rating is needed in order to prioritize the utilization of resources towards the analysis of a malware by an organization. This thesis proposes the utilization of threat trees for calculating malware severity using a goal oriented approach. This approach is applied to a set of sophisticated malware to study its contribution towards articulation of a useful severity rating.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/17666
Recommended Citation
Malhotra, Asheer, "Calculating Malware Severity Rating using Threat Tree Analysis" (2015). Theses and Dissertations. 945.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/945