HiGraph: A Large-Scale Hierarchical Graph Dataset for Malware Analysis

arXiv:2509.02113v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The advancement of graph-based malware analysis is critically limited by the absence of large-scale datasets that capture the inherent hierarchical structure of software. Existing methods often oversimplify programs into single level graphs, failing to model the crucial semantic relationship between high-level functional interactions and low-level instruction logic. To bridge this gap, we introduce dataset, the largest public hierarchical graph dataset for malware analysis, comprising over textbf{200M} Control Flow Graphs (CFGs) nested within textbf{595K} Function Call Graphs (FCGs). This two-level representation preserves structural semantics essential for building robust detectors resilient to code obfuscation and malware evolution. We demonstrate HiGraph's utility through a large-scale analysis that reveals distinct structural properties of benign and malicious software, establishing it as a foundational benchmark for the community. The dataset and tools are publicly available at https://higraph.org.

2025-09-03 04:30 GMT · 7 months ago arxiv.org

arXiv:2509.02113v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The advancement of graph-based malware analysis is critically limited by the absence of large-scale datasets that capture the inherent hierarchical structure of software. Existing methods often oversimplify programs into single level graphs, failing to model the crucial semantic relationship between high-level functional interactions and low-level instruction logic. To bridge this gap, we introduce dataset, the largest public hierarchical graph dataset for malware analysis, comprising over textbf{200M} Control Flow Graphs (CFGs) nested within textbf{595K} Function Call Graphs (FCGs). This two-level representation preserves structural semantics essential for building robust detectors resilient to code obfuscation and malware evolution. We demonstrate HiGraph's utility through a large-scale analysis that reveals distinct structural properties of benign and malicious software, establishing it as a foundational benchmark for the community. The dataset and tools are publicly available at https://higraph.org.

Original: https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02113