Symantec Corporation

Jokul Tian

Xiaole Zhu

A method for detecting unintentional information disclosure. The method may include: 1) identifying at least one data access Application Programming Interface (API) programmed to provide access to sensitive information located on a computing device, 2) monitoring attempts to use the data access API, 3) while monitoring attempts to use the data access API, detecting an attempt by an application to access the sensitive information through the data access API, 4) in response to detecting the attempt to access the sensitive information, tracking the sensitive information accessed by the application, 5) detecting an attempt to leak the sensitive information outside of the computing device, and 6) in response to detecting the attempt to leak the sensitive information outside of the computing device, performing a security action.

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