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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2018
Applicant:
AO Kaspersky Lab, Moscow, RU;
Inventors:
Assignee:
AO Kaspersky Lab, Moscow, RU;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 21/566 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for detecting hidden behavior in browser extensions. In one aspect, a method is provided including launching a browser in a protected environment, performing one or more actions in the browser, tracking events occurring during the performing of the one or more actions, identifying extension events from the events that are initiated by a browser extension, analyzing the extension events for indications of change that correspond to behavior not previously declared by the browser extension, and determining that the browser extension is performing hidden behavior when indications of change are found.