Frankenstein malware: a monster stitched together from trusted code

We’re all somewhat familiar with Frankenstein’s monster: an abomination that has been stitched together, a sum of repurposed body parts, given new life that requires re-learning how to be a creature. The heady themes of Mary Shelley’s famous novel have now made their way into the information security realm thanks to cyber-researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas, who have created a monster malware stitched together from other, legitimate programs’ parts.