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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zhi Xu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jiajie Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Xiao Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Wenjun Hu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); H04L 63/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
The automatic generation of malware family signatures is disclosed. A set of metadata associated with a plurality of samples is received. The samples are clustered. For members of a first cluster, a set of similarities shared among at least a portion of the members of the first cluster is determined. The similarities are evaluated for suitability as a malware family signature. In the event the similarities are determined to be suitable as a malware family signature, a signature is generated.