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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2022
Sophos Limited, Abingdon, GB;
Shankar Jayaraman, Bangalore, IN;
Rahul Pandey, Abingdon, GB;
Santosh Subramanya, Bangalore, IN;
Dhwanit Shah, Abingdon, GB;
Guy Roberts, Milton Keynes, GB;
Sophos Limited, , GB;
Abstract
Systems and methods for methods network activity. The methods include receiving at an interface connection data associated with a request from a first device to download an application from a source, downloading the application to a second device based on the request, and executing, using one or more processors executing instructions stored on memory, the downloaded application to obtain behavioral data of the application. The methods further include assigning, using the one or more processors, a risk score to the application based on the behavioral data of the application to determine whether the application is malicious before the application is downloaded by the first device, and implementing, using the one or more processors, a download decision for the first device based on the assigned risk score, wherein the download decision indicates at least whether the first device is able to download the application associated with the request.