Identifying malware based on system API function pointers
US12223044B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 12, 2021 |
| Grant date | Feb 11, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 2, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2221/034
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques for identifying malware based on system API function pointers are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for identifying malware based on system API function pointers includes monitoring changes in memory during execution of a malware sample in a computing environment; detecting a dynamic evasion behavior using an Application Programming Interface (API) vector comprising a plurality of system API function pointers identified in the memory during execution of the malware sample in the computing environment; and generating a signature based on the API vector for automatically detecting the malware during execution in the memory, wherein the malware sample was determined to be malicious.
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