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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Barry Laffoon, Glendale, CA (US);
Abubakar Wawda, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jun Mao, Culver City, CA (US);
Bruce Mccorkendale, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Barry Laffoon, Glendale, CA (US);
Abubakar Wawda, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jun Mao, Culver City, CA (US);
Bruce McCorkendale, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for identifying malware is described. Event data is received from a mobile device. The event data including events performed on the mobile device and a list of one or more applications. The list of the one or more applications is compared with at least one additional list of applications received from at least one additional mobile device. An application in common across the lists of applications is identified. The identification of the application in common to is transmitted to the mobile device.