A study by computer scientists from Greece and the Netherlands highlights a trend among malware authors who are increasingly using less common programming languages, such as Delphi and Haskell, to evade static analysis detection. With nearly 26 million new malware instances forecasted for 2025, the researchers note that many malware creators deliberately obfuscate their code or apply anti-sandboxing techniques. Historically, languages like C and C++ dominated malware development, but the shift towards unconventional languages complicates reverse engineering efforts by security researchers.
"For years, ransomware groups have been switching to newer, unconventional languages to make reverse engineering and detection more difficult," the authors observe.
"There is a lot of malware - almost 26 million new instances of malicious code just in 2025, according to antivirus evaluators AV-TEST."
"Malware authors know this and many make an effort to obfuscate their code or apply anti-sandboxing or anti-debugging techniques.
"Even though malware written in C continues to be the most prevalent, malware operators increasingly include non-typical programming languages to enhance obfuscation."
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