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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
May. 21, 2014
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Xiaole Zhu, Culver City, CA (US);
Matthew Yeo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abubakar A. Wawda, Cupertino, CA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for determining whether transmission of sensitive data is expected may include (1) identifying a computer program that is to be analyzed to determine whether the computer program unexpectedly transmits sensitive data, (2) simulating user input to the computer program while the computer program is executing, (3) identifying a context of the simulated user input, (4) identifying transmission of sensitive data that occurs after the user input is simulated, (5) determining, based on the context of the simulated user input, whether the transmission of sensitive data would be an expected result of the user input, and (6) performing a security action with respect to the computer program based on whether the transmission of sensitive data is expected. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.