Lookout, Inc.

Derek Joseph Halliday

Kevin Patrick Mahaffey

David Luke Richardson

Timothy Micheal Wyatt

Brian James Buck

Ayan Kanti Mandal

Yuan Xie

Bruno Bergher

Cherry Mangat

Arunsunai Anbukarasi Anbalagapandian

Nam Huy Bui

Abheek Gupta

Timothy Michael Wyatt

Detection, identification, and control of application behavior dealing with malware, security risks, data privacy, or resource usage can be difficult in an era of complex, composite software applications composed of multiple components. Software applications are analyzed to determine their components and to identify the behaviors associated with each of the components. Components can also be analyzed with respect to similarity of previously known components. Behaviors can include use of personal identifying information or device information, or any actions that can be taken by applications on the device, including user interface displays, notifications, network communications, and file reading or writing actions. Policies to control or restrict the behavior of applications and their components may be defined and applied. In one embodiment this can include the identification of advertising networks and defining policies to permit various opt-out actions for these advertising networks.

Component analysis of software applications on computing devices

A method for evaluating security during an interactive service operation by a mobile communications device includes launching, by a mobile communications device, an interactive service configured to access a server over a network during an interactive service operation, and generating a security evaluation based on a plurality of trust factors related to a current state of the mobile communications device, to a security feature of the application, and/or to a security feature of the network. When the security evaluation is generated, an action is performed based on the security evaluation.

Method and system for evaluating security for an interactive service operation by a mobile device

Expressing intent to control behavior of application components

Mobile communication device display with graphical user interface comprising security and privacy advisor screens

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Derek Joseph Halliday