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Gheorghe Balan
dblp:242/4801
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7ranked-venue papers
4as first author
7since 2021 · last 2026
0009-0001-0138-8604ORCID · verified
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Security and privacy · 3 · 2 first-author · 3 since 2021Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 2 · 2 first-author · 2 since 2021Applied, interdisciplinary, general and emerging computing · 2 · 2 since 2021
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Fighting Cybercrime: Identifying Ransomware Families Using API Sequences and Retrieval-Augmented Ransom Note Analysis
Gheorghe Balan, Ciprian-Alin Simion, Dragos Gavrilut |
SECRYPT (1) | 1 |
| 2025 | Fine Tuning LLMs vs Non-Generative Machine Learning Models: A Comparative Study of Malware Detection
Gheorghe Balan, Ciprian-Alin Simion, Dragos Gavrilut |
ICAART (3) | 1 |
| 2024 | Benchmarking Out of the Box Open-Source LLMs for Malware Detection Based on API Calls Sequences
Ciprian-Alin Simion, Gheorghe Balan, Dragos Gavrilut |
IDEAL (1) | 2 |
| 2023 | Feature mining and classifier selection for API calls-based malware detection
Gheorghe Balan, Ciprian-Alin Simion, Dragos Gavrilut, Henri Luchian |
Appl. Intell. | 1 |
| 2022 | Using GANs to Improve the Accuracy of Machine Learning Models for Malware Detection
Ciprian-Alin Simion, Gheorghe Balan, Dragos Gavrilut |
IDEAL | 2 |
| 2022 | Using API Calls for Sequence-Pattern Feature Mining-Based Malware Detection
Gheorghe Balan, Dragos Gavrilut, Henri Luchian |
ISPEC | 1 |
| 2022 | Improving detection of malicious samples by using state-of-the-art adversarial machine learning algorithmsabstractCyber-security landscape has always been domi-nated by the constant arms race between security vendors and malware creators. With the increased usage of artificial intel-ligence in cyber-security products, malware writers had to use similar approaches to overcome various detection mechanisms. This paper focuses on using various adversarial machine learning algorithms to validate the effectiveness of machine learning models designed for malware detection, trained on 1 million binary files (both benign and malicious) with more than 24.000 features. We also evaluate a second approach that enhances training databases with samples obtained from generative methods in order to boost detection resilience. Ciprian-Alin Simion, Gheorghe Balan, Dragos Gavrilut |
SIN | 2 |