The Polymorphism Maze: Understanding Diversities and Similarities in Malware Families
A. Vitale, S. Aonzo, S. Dambra, N. Rani, L. Ippolito, P. Kotzias, J. Caballero and D. Balzarotti
European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS), 2025
A Closer Look at Modern Evasive Phishing Emails
E. Boulila, M. Dacier, S. P. V. Peroumal, N. Veys, S. Aonzo
IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), 2025
The Dark Side of Native Code on Android
A. Ruggia, A. Possemato, S. Dambra, A. Merlo, S. Aonzo, D. Balzarotti
ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security (TOPS), 2025
How to Train your Antivirus: RL-based Hardening through the Problem Space
I. Tsingenopoulos, J. Cortellazzi, B. Bošanský, S. Aonzo, D. Preuveneers, W. Joosen, F. Pierazzi, L. Cavallaro
International Symposium on Research in Attacks, Intrusions and Defenses (RAID), 2024
Unmasking the Veiled: A Comprehensive Analysis of Android Evasive Malware
A. Ruggia, D. Nisi, S. Dambra, A. Merlo, D. Balzarotti, S. Aonzo
ACM Asia conference on Computer and Communications Security (ASIACCS), 2024
Decoding the Secrets of Machine Learning in Malware Classification: A Deep Dive into Datasets, Feature Extraction, and Model Performance
S. Dambra, Y. Han, S. Aonzo, P. Kotzias, A. Vitale, J. Caballero, D. Balzarotti, L. Bilge
ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2023
Android, notify me when it is time to go phishing
A. Ruggia, A. Possemato, A. Merlo, D. Nisi, and S. Aonzo
IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy (EUROS&P), 2023
RE-Mind: a First Look Inside the Mind of a Reverse Engineer
A. Mantovani, S. Aonzo, Y. Fratantonio, D. Balzarotti
USENIX Security Symposium (USENIX-Security), 2022
Trust, But Verify: A Longitudinal Analysis Of Android OEM Compliance and Customization
A. Possemato, S. Aonzo, D. Balzarotti, Y. Fratantonio
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (S&P), 2021
Longitudinal study of the prevalence of malware evasive techniques
L. Maffia, D. Nisi, P. Kotzias, G. Lagorio, S. Aonzo, D Balzarotti
arXiv preprint, 2021
Prevalence and impact of low-entropy packing schemes in the malware ecosystem
A. Mantovani, S. Aonzo, X. Ugarte-Pedrero, A. Merlo, D. Balzarotti
Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS), 2020
Droids in Disarray: Detecting Frame Confusion in Hybrid Android Apps
D. Caputo, L. Verderame, S. Aonzo, A. Merlo
IFIP Conference on Data and Applications Security and Privacy (DBSec), 2019
Low-Resource Footprint, Data-driven Malware Detection on Android S. Aonzo, A. Merlo, M. Migliardi, L. Oneto, F. Palmieri
IEEE Transaction on Sustainable Computing, 2015
