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Context profiling for malware detection

US10764309B2 · kind B2 · utility

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25Claims

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Assignee

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jun Wang · Sunnyvale, US
Wei Xu · Santa Clara, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 31, 2018
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 23, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W12/128
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Analysis of samples for maliciousness is disclosed. A sample is executed and one or more network activities associated with executing the sample are recorded. The recorded network activities are compared to a malware profile. The malware profile comprises a set of network activities taken by a known malicious application during execution of the known malicious application. A verdict of “malicious” is assigned to the sample based at least in part on a determination that the recorded network activities match the malware profile.

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