To counter zero-day worms that exploit software flaws such as buffer overflows, this end-point architecture uses source code transformations to automatically create and test software patches for vulnerable segments of targeted applications.
Index Terms:
Worms, viruses, honeypots, software patching, process sandboxing, memory protection, buffer overflows
Citation:
Stelios Sidiroglou, Angelos D. Keromytis, "Countering Network Worms Through Automatic Patch Generation," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 41-49, Nov./Dec. 2005, doi:10.1109/MSP.2005.144