Monitoring mobile application activities for malicious traffic on a mobile device
US8984581B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 11, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2032 |
Classification
- 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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