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Detecting malware on mobile devices based on mobile behavior analysis

US9479357B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Symantec Corporation · US

Inventors

Jie Fu · Beijing, CN
Zhigang Kan · Beijing, CN
Gehua Huang · Beijing, CN
Yuan Li · Changzhou City, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 5, 2010
Grant date	Oct 25, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 1, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/1416
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Applications running on a mobile device are monitored for suspicious actions utilizing mobile features of the mobile device. Once a suspicious action performed by an application is detected, that suspicious action is suspended. Information about the suspicious action and the application is collected and transmitted to a remote security system over a wireless network. The security system analyzes the suspicious action and the application to determine a security rating of the application, and transmit the security rating back to the mobile device. Whether the application is malware and whether the suspicious action should be allowed to continue are both determined based on the security rating.

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