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Self-modifying code

Known as: Synthesis microkernel, Self-authoring code, Synthesis kernel 
In computer science, self-modifying code is code that alters its own instructions while it is executing - usually to reduce the instruction path… (More)
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2015
Review
2015
A Survey of Software Protection Methods Based on Self-Modifying Code
As the software industry develops rapidly, protecting software intellectual property from reverse attacker has become more and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Revolver: An Automated Approach to the Detection of Evasive Web-based Malware
In recent years, attacks targeting web browsers and their plugins have become a prevalent threat. Attackers deploy web pages that… (More)
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2011
2011
A taxonomy of self-modifying code for obfuscation
Self-modifying code is frequently used as an additional layer of complexity when obfuscating code. Although it does not provide a… (More)
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2010
2010
Code Generation: A Strategy for Neural Network Simulators
We demonstrate a technique for the design of neural network simulation software, runtime code generation. This technique can be… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Certified self-modifying code
Self-modifying code (SMC), in this paper, broadly refers to anyprogram that loads, generates, or mutates code at runtime. It is… (More)
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2007
2007
Handling self-modifying code using software dynamic translation
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Self-modifying code is code that overwrites and changes its own instructions during its execution. Code often self-modifies for… (More)
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2007
2007
Certified Self-Modifying Code
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Self-modifying code (SMC), in this paper, broadly refers to any program that purposely loads, generates, or mutates code at… (More)
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2006
2006
A Model for Self-Modifying Code
Self-modifying code is notoriously hard to understand and therefore very well suited to hide program internals. In this paper we… (More)
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2003
2003
Runtime Code Generation in C++ as a Foundation for Domain-Specific Optimisation
The TaskGraph Library is a C++ library for dynamic code generation, which combines specialisation with dependence analysis and… (More)
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1996
Highly Cited
1996
Optimizing ML with Run-Time Code Generation
We describe the design and implementation of a compiler that automatically translates ordinary programs written in a subset of ML… (More)
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