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Title: Malware detection and analysis

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1243304

Embodiments of the invention describe systems and methods for malicious software detection and analysis. A binary executable comprising obfuscated malware on a host device may be received, and incident data indicating a time when the binary executable was received and identifying processes operating on the host device may be recorded. The binary executable is analyzed via a scalable plurality of execution environments, including one or more non-virtual execution environments and one or more virtual execution environments, to generate runtime data and deobfuscation data attributable to the binary executable. At least some of the runtime data and deobfuscation data attributable to the binary executable is stored in a shared database, while at least some of the incident data is stored in a private, non-shared database.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
9,294,486
Application Number:
14/198,366
OSTI ID:
1243304
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Mar 05
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (6)

Farm: An automated malware analysis environment
  • Van Randwyk, Jamie; Chiang, Ken; Lloyd, Levi
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conference October 2008
Aggregating, retrieving, and providing access to document visuals patent February 2007
Classification of malware using clustering that orders events in accordance with the time of occurance patent October 2010
System and method for detecting malware in an executable code module according to the code module's exhibited behavior patent March 2011
Apparatus and methods for remote classification of unknown malware patent July 2014
Method and System for Automatic Detection and Analysis of Malware patent-application March 2012

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