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Using browser context in evasive web-based malware detection

US11861008B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · US

Inventors

Tongbo Luo · Santa Clara, US
Xin Ouyang · Lo Wu, CN
Zhaoyan Xu · Union City, US
Xing Jin · Beijing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 21, 2022
Grant date	Jan 2, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 21, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/02
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The use of browser context in detecting malware is disclosed. A client device requests content from a remote server. Data received by the client device from the remote server is transmitted to an external scanner for analysis by the external scanner. The external scanner is configured to use a browser executed in an instrumented virtual machine environment to analyze the data provided by the client device. The client device is configured to request the content from the remote server using a browser extension configured to retrieve data and provide the retrieved data to the external scanner without rendering the retrieved data.

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