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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2013
Fireeye, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Phung-Te Ha, Dublin, CA (US);
Seva Tonkonoh, Daly City, CA (US);
Osman Abdoul Ismael, Palo Alto, CA (US);
FireEye, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for malicious content detection using code injection are described herein. In one embodiment a first code section of a target program is loaded into a first memory page of a virtual machine (VM) hosted by a virtual machine monitor (VMM). The target program to receive code injection. The VMM injects a second code section into the target program by replacing the first code section with a second code section loaded in a second memory page. Determining a behavior of a content specimen using the injected second code section instead of the first code section, and the second code section is injected after the target program.