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Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 02, 2023
Applicant:

Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sandeep Paul, Bengaluru, IN;

Sarthak Misraa, New Delhi, IN;

Deepen Desai, San Ramon, CA (US);

Assignee:

Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 21/566 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for in-memory malware unpacking and deobfuscation in a sandbox include, responsive to receiving unknown content, scanning an image of the unknown content for packed, obfuscated, or encrypted code; responsive to detecting the packed, obfuscated, or encrypted code performing steps of unpacking, deobfuscating, or decrypting the packed, obfuscated, or encrypted code; executing the unpacked, deobfuscated, or decrypted code; monitoring execution of the unpacked, deobfuscated, or decrypted code; obtaining events during the scanning and the execution; and providing the obtained events to the sandbox for use in a sandbox analysis for classifying the content as one of malware and clean.


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