Malware Detection via API Sequence – Research Project
Built a malware detection system using supervised machine learning and deep learning models to classify executable files from API call sequences. Collected and preprocessed malware samples and extracted dynamic API traces via sandbox analysis tooling. Improved detection performance by analyzing sequence patterns rather than relying only on static signatures. • Generated labeled training inputs from dynamic API traces. • Trained and validated ML/DL classifiers (Random Forest, LSTM). • Reduced false positives by focusing on sequence-based patterns. • Achieved malware classification accuracy near 93% based on model evaluation.