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Dynamic malware analysis of a URL using a browser executed in an instrumented virtual machine environment

US9413774B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jiangxia Liu · Cupertino, US
Xin Ouyang · Lo Wu, CN
Bo Qu · Suzhou, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 27, 2014
Grant date	Aug 9, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 27, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/0281
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Various techniques for performing malware analysis of a URL (e.g., a URL sample) using a browser executed in an instrumented virtual machine environment are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for performing dynamic malware analysis of a URL using a browser executed in an instrumented virtual machine environment includes the instrumented virtual machine environment executed on a processor that receives a URL sample for dynamic malware analysis using the browser executed in the instrumented virtual machine environment; and a dynamic time allocator executed on the processor that dynamically determines a period of time allocated for performing the dynamic malware analysis of the URL sample using the browser executed in the instrumented virtual machine environment, in which the URL sample is rendered using the browser executed in the instrumented virtual machine environment and monitored using the instrumented virtual machine environment for the period of time allocated for performing the dynamic malware analysis of the URL sample.

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