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Monitoring mobile application activities for malicious traffic on a mobile device

US8984581B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 11, 2012
Grant dateMar 17, 2015
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Expiry dateNov 24, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W12/08
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for monitoring mobile application activities for malicious traffic on a mobile device are disclosed. One embodiment of a method which can be implemented on a system includes, monitoring application activities of a mobile application on the mobile device, detecting, from the application activities, suspicious activity, and/or blocking traffic from which the suspicious activity is detected. One embodiment includes creating a policy based on the information aggregated from the multiple mobile devices and/or broadcasting the policy to other mobile devices of the suspicious activity detected from the multiple mobile devices.

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