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Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2020
Applicant:

Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc., New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Joseph Edmonds, Ellicott City, MD (US);

Patrick St. John, Catonsville, MD (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 16/16 (2019.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 16/17 (2019.01); G06F 16/174 (2019.01); G06F 16/31 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/565 (2013.01); G06F 16/164 (2019.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06F 16/1748 (2019.01); G06F 16/31 (2019.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for collecting files transmitted on a network for subsequent malware analysis is disclosed. The method comprises determining, by a sensor, that a file has been transmitted on the network; transmitting, from the sensor to an intermediate agent, the file; storing, by the intermediate agent, the file, pending a determination whether metadata of the file indicates an identical copy of the file has likely already been stored by a source collection subsystem; responsive to a determination that the file has not likely already been stored by the source collection subsystem, transmitting the file from the intermediate agent to the source collection subsystem; verifying, by the source collection subsystem, that the file has not likely already been stored by the source collection subsystem; and storing the file for future analysis.


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