Symantec Corporation

Nortonlifelock Inc.

Veritas Technologies LLC

Mohit Jha

Vinith Raj

Chengi Jimmy Kuo

Deepak Tanksale

Joe Winifred Poobalarayen

Amitrajit Banerjee

Vinith Balakrishnan Raj

A computer-implemented method for managing file backup may include (i) detecting, by a computing device, an attempt to upload a file to a backup storage, (ii) calculating a degree of difference between the file and a previous version of the file on the backup storage, (iii) comparing, by the computing device, a list of applications that have written to the file with a list of acceptable applications for the file, (iv) calculating, based on the degree of difference and the comparison of the list of applications, a change score for the file, and (v) applying, based on the change score, a backup policy to the attempt to upload the file. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Systems and methods for managing file backup

The disclosed computer-implemented method for identifying a malicious user interface may include (1) detecting, at a computing device, a launch of a user interface (UI), (2) gathering characteristics of the UI including a UI image, (3) identifying the UI is not permissible by comparing the UI image to a whitelist including permissible UI images, and (4) performing, when the UI image is not permissible, a security action. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Systems and methods for identifying a malicious user interface

Mitigating malicious actions associated with graphical user interface elements may be performed by a computing device. A user interface element is monitored in a graphical user interface environment executing on the computing device. An association between the user interface element and a malicious action is determined. Access to the user interface element is blocked to prevent the malicious action.

Mitigation of malicious actions associated with graphical user interface elements

A computer-implemented method for applying storage lifecycle policies to backups may include 1) identifying a backup of a storage container that includes data for a virtual machine, 2) identifying at least one application that executes within the virtual machine in response to identifying the backup of the storage container, 3) identifying a storage lifecycle policy configured to apply to the application based on identifying the application within the virtual machine, and 4) applying the storage lifecycle policy to the backup of the storage container based on identifying the application within the virtual machine. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Systems and methods for applying storage lifecycle policies to backups

A computer-implemented method for deduplicating data transferred via physical storage media may include: 1) identifying data stored at a first location that is to be transferred to a second location via a physical storage medium, 2) deduplicating the identified data, 3) storing the deduplicated data on the physical storage medium, and then, after the physical storage medium has been physically transported from the first location to the second location, 4) transferring the deduplicated data from the physical storage medium to a storage device at the second location.

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Mohit Jha