AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · 5h ago6/10
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MalTree: Tracing Malware Evolution from Embeddings at Scale
MalTree is a new framework that uses bioinformatics-inspired phylogenetic techniques to automatically trace malware evolution and family relationships at scale, achieving 87% temporal consistency with real-world timelines. By analyzing structural, behavioral, and image-based features, the research enables proactive defense strategies tailored to individual malware families' mutation rates rather than reactive, sample-by-sample detection approaches.