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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2011
Applicants:
Sheng Gong, Beijing, CN;
Zhe Liu, Beijing, CN;
Xue Feng Tian, Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer-implemented method to identify the spreading of sensitive data from a suspicious application is described. At least one security attribute for an application programming interface (API) is defined. Sensitive data passed through the at least one security attribute to the suspicious application are marked. The marked sensitive data being passed through the at least one security attribute from the suspicious application are detected. A notification is generated regarding the spreading of the sensitive data by the suspicious application.