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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2008
Brian T. Witten, Reston, VA (US);
Matthew C. Elder, Germantown, MD (US);
Brian T. Witten, Reston, VA (US);
Matthew C. Elder, Germantown, MD (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a method and an apparatus for identifying invariants to detect software tampering is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of identifying invariants associated with a software package comprises applying a machine learning technique to a plurality of images associated with a software package to identify a memory location within the plurality of images to be a candidate invariant, wherein the plurality of images comprises images of memory used during execution of the software package and determining an invariant based on the candidate invariant.