Project Ire: Microsoft Tests AI That Autonomously Detects Malware

Project Ire is Microsoft's autonomous AI that reverse engineers software to detect malware without prior knowledge or human intervention.

Microsoft on Tuesday introduced Project Ire, an autonomous AI agent designed to reverse engineer software and determine whether it is malicious, without any human guidance or prior knowledge of the file’s origin.

Project Ire, still in its prototype stage, represents a major leap in cybersecurity automation. According to Microsoft, the tool can carry out one of the most difficult tasks in the field: completely deconstructing a software file to classify it as benign or malicious, an analysis typically that normally requires expert manual effort.

“This is the gold standard in malware classification,” Microsoft stated in its research blog. The AI uses a combination of decompilers, memory analysis sandboxes, control flow reconstruction tools, and advanced language models to dissect and understand software code.

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