MEvince: Knowledge-Constrained LLM Reasoning for Technique Identification from Malware Reports
Mapping behavioral intelligence in malware analysis reports to ATT&CK techniques supports threat analysis and defense, but reliable identification…
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What happened
Mapping behavioral intelligence in malware analysis reports to ATT&CK techniques supports threat analysis and defense, but reliable identification remains challenging. Supporting evidence is often scattered across long, heterogeneous reports, while closely related techniques share behavioral cues and differ only in subtle but decisive details. While large language models (LLMs) can use external knowledge to interpret reports, they may assign techniques based on plausible associations rather than sufficient evidence. We present MEvince, a knowledge-constrained LLM reasoning framework for report-level malware technique identification. Its core is a shared behavioral representation connecting report observations to technique definitions.
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