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      <journal-id journal-id-type="elibrary">9004</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Problems of information security. Computer systems</journal-title>
        <trans-title-group xml:lang="ru">
          <trans-title>Проблемы информационной безопасности. Компьютерные системы</trans-title>
        </trans-title-group>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2071-8217</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">6</article-id>
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        <article-title>Deobfuscation of malicious software using LLVM intermediate representation</article-title>
        <trans-title-group xml:lang="ru">
          <trans-title>Деобфускация вредоносного программного обеспечения с использованием промежуточного представления LLVM</trans-title>
        </trans-title-group>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0009-0002-7398-5069</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Milyutin</surname>
            <given-names>Nikita</given-names>
          </name>
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          <email>milyutin.na@edu.spbstu.ru</email>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-2009-5460</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Ovasapyan</surname>
            <given-names>Tigran</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
          <email>otd@ibks.spbstu.ru</email>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0001-8206-2915</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Ivanov</surname>
            <given-names>Denis</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
          <email>ivanov@ibks.spbstu.ru</email>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="aff1">Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University</aff>
      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-06-09">
        <day>09</day>
        <month>06</month>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>70</fpage>
      <lpage>81</lpage>
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      <abstract xml:lang="en">
        <p>The problem of automating deobfuscation of malicious software is considered. A method based on the LLVM intermediate representation is proposed that combines dynamic unpacking with tracing, hybrid (traceassisted) restoration of the control flow graph and iterative devirtualization. A software prototype has been developed that implements the proposed method. An experimental evaluation was carried out, confirming the applicability of the approach to removing class obfuscation: packaging, control flow distortion, instruction obfuscation, and code virtualization.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>Obfuscation</kwd>
        <kwd>deobfuscation</kwd>
        <kwd>LLVM IR</kwd>
        <kwd>devirtualization</kwd>
        <kwd>unpacking</kwd>
        <kwd>control flow graph recovery</kwd>
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