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README.md

Stealth Malware Taxonomy

Malware Types

All malware samples should be classified into one of the categories listed in the table below.

Type 0: No OS or system compromise. The malware runs as a normal user process using only official API calls.
Type I: The malware modifies constant sections of the kernel and/or processes such as code sections.
Type II: The malware does not modify constant sections but only the dynamic sections of the kernel and/or processes such as data sections.
Type III: The malware does not modify any sections of the kernel and/or processes but influences the system without modifying the OS. For example using hardware virtualization techniques.

Machine-parsable Stealth Malware Taxonomy

The repository contains a JSON file including the machine-parsable tags along with their human-readable description. The software can use both representation on the user-interface and store the tag as machine-parsable.

stealth_malware:type="II"

Based on:

https://vxheaven.org/lib/pdf/Introducing%20Stealth%20Malware%20Taxonomy.pdf