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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Xinran Wang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Huagang Xie, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Kyle Sanders, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1408 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); H04L 41/14 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01);
Abstract
Detecting malware is disclosed. A candidate malware application is caused to be executed using a virtual machine. Traffic analysis is performed on network traffic associated with the execution of the candidate malware application. A determination is made as to whether the candidate malware application is malicious or not, based at least in part on the traffic analysis and an application type associated with the candidate malware application.