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Malware detection based on traffic analysis

US9942251B1 · kind B1 · utility

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32Claims

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Assignee

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. · US

Inventors

Xinran Wang · San Ramon, US
Huagang Xie · Pleasanton, US
Kyle Sanders · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 30, 2015
Grant date	Apr 10, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 30, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/1433
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Detecting malware is disclosed. A candidate malware application is caused to be executed using a virtual machine. Traffic analysis is performed on network traffic associated with the execution of the candidate malware application. A determination is made as to whether the candidate malware application is malicious or not, based at least in part on the traffic analysis and an application type associated with the candidate malware application.

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