Systems and methods for determining the reputations of unknown files
US10437994B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 25, 2016 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2221/033
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for determining the reputations of unknown files may include (1) identifying a file that was downloaded by the computing device from an external file host, (2) creating a node that represents the file in a dynamic file relationship graph, (3) connecting the node in the dynamic file relationship graph with at least one other node that represents an attribute of the external file host, and (4) labeling the node with a reputation score calculated based at least in part on a reputation score of the at least one other node that represents the attribute of the external file host. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
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