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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2018
Minerva Labs Ltd., Petach-Tikva, IL;
Minerva Labs Ltd., Petach-Tikva, IL;
Abstract
There is provided a computer implemented method of vaccination of a computing device against infection by malicious code, comprising: obtaining a vaccination profile including vaccination artifact system calls indicative of a malicious code attempting to identify another instance of the malicious code executing on the computing device prior to the malicious code infecting the computing device, monitoring the computing device for an indication of execution of at least one of the vaccination artifact system calls by the malicious code, and providing a false response to the at least one of the vaccination artifact system calls for emulating an existing infection of the computing device by another instance of the malicious code according to the indication of execution of at least one of the plurality of vaccination artifact system calls, wherein the emulation of the existing infection prevents infection of the computing device by the malicious code.