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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:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2020
Applicant:
Sophos Limited, Abingdon, GB;
Inventors:
Ross McKerchar, Bristol, GB;
Erik Jan Loman, Hengelo, NL;
Simon Neil Reed, Wokingham, GB;
Kenneth D. Ray, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew J. Thomas, Oxfordshire, GB;
Karl Ackerman, Topsfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Sophos Limited, Abingdon, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/566 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45587 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01);
Abstract
Malware uses various techniques to detect a sandbox environment so that malicious code can avoid execution in closely monitored contexts that might otherwise trigger detection and remediation. A security system is dynamically updated to exploit these anti-sandbox techniques, e.g., by causing endpoints to mimic sandbox environments in a manner that discourages malware execution on the endpoint, and by updating sandboxes to alter or hide sandbox detection triggers.