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Systems and methods for protecting a computing device against malicious code

US11200317B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Minerva Labs Ltd. · IL

Inventors

Omri Moyal · Nesher, IL
Erez Breiman · Nes Ziona, IL
Eduard Bobritsky · Yehud Monosson, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 22, 2018
Grant date	Dec 14, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 13, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2221/2149
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a computer implemented method of vaccination of a computing device against infection by malicious code, comprising: obtaining a vaccination profile including vaccination artifact system calls indicative of a malicious code attempting to identify another instance of the malicious code executing on the computing device prior to the malicious code infecting the computing device, monitoring the computing device for an indication of execution of at least one of the vaccination artifact system calls by the malicious code, and providing a false response to the at least one of the vaccination artifact system calls for emulating an existing infection of the computing device by another instance of the malicious code according to the indication of execution of at least one of the plurality of vaccination artifact system calls, wherein the emulation of the existing infection prevents infection of the computing device by the malicious code.

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