Michael Adam Polák
2026
Command-Line Obfuscation Detection in Real-World Telemetry under Extreme Class Imbalance
Vojtěch Outrata | Barbora Štěpánková | Michael Adam Polák | Martin Kopp
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security
Vojtěch Outrata | Barbora Štěpánková | Michael Adam Polák | Martin Kopp
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security
To avoid detection by endpoint security tools, adversaries employ command-line obfuscation to alter syntax while preserving functionality. This paper proposes a scalable detection method specifically for command-line data, centered on a custom-trained, small transformer-based model optimized for low-latency inference across massive data streams. We demonstrate the method’s efficacy through a two-phase evaluation: first, by benchmarking the model on a controlled dataset simulating realistic command-line telemetry with extreme class imbalance, where it outperforms previous approaches. Second, we evaluate the model against multiple days of high-volume telemetry from diverse real-world environments. Our results show that this approach provides the high precision and computational efficiency required to handle large-scale command-line logs while effectively reducing analyst workload.