Nortonlifelock Inc.

Symantec Corporation

Vinith Raj

Mohit Jha

Chengi Jimmy Kuo

Joe Winifred Poobalarayen

Amitrajit Banerjee

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.

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