Malware Theory - Overview to Malware Vaccines

What are malware vaccines and how do they work? What types of vaccines exist? What are their pros and cons?

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EmoCrash, Emotet vaccine: https://www.binarydefense.com/emocrash-exploiting-a-vulnerability-in-emotet-malware-for-defense/
STOP/DJVU ransomware vaccine: https://github.com/struppigel/STOP-DJVU-Ransomware-Vaccine
Paper: A. Wichmann and E. Gerhards-Padilla, "Using Infection Markers as a Vaccine against Malware Attacks," 2012 IEEE International Conference on Green Computing and Communications, 2012, pp. 737-742, doi: 10.1109/GreenCom.2012.121.

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00:05 definition
00:46 paper about infection marker extraction
01:30 vaccine ingredients …

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