A malware classification method based on directed API call relationships

Cuihua Ma; Zhenwan Li; Haixia Long; Anas Bilal; Xiaowen Liu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0299706

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A malware classification method based on directed API call relationships

Cuihua Ma,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliations College of Information Science Technology, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, China, Hainan Engineering Research Center for Extended Reality and Digital Intelligent Education, Haikou, Hainan, China, Key Laboratory of Data Science and Smart Education, Ministry of Education, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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Zhenwan Li,

Roles Methodology, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation College of Information Science Technology, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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Haixia Long ,

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision

* E-mail: myresearch_hainnu@163.com (HL); a.bilal19@yahoo.com (AB)

Affiliations College of Information Science Technology, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, China, Hainan Engineering Research Center for Extended Reality and Digital Intelligent Education, Haikou, Hainan, China, Key Laboratory of Data Science and Smart Education, Ministry of Education, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, China
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Anas Bilal ,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: myresearch_hainnu@163.com (HL); a.bilal19@yahoo.com (AB)

Affiliation College of Information Science Technology, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7760-3374

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Xiaowen Liu

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Validation

Affiliations College of Information Science Technology, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, China, Hainan Engineering Research Center for Extended Reality and Digital Intelligent Education, Haikou, Hainan, China
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A malware classification method based on directed API call relationships

Cuihua Ma,
Zhenwan Li,
Haixia Long,
Anas Bilal,
Xiaowen Liu

Published: March 17, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299706

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