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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Mcafee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Manish Kumar, Bilekahalli, IN;
Assignee:
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/145 (2013.01); H04L 2463/144 (2013.01); H04L 2463/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
A technique allows associating host applications and user agents in network traffic and detecting possible malware without relying on signatures of the user agents. A database of host applications and user agents is maintained, allowing automatic update of the database when a new application or new application to user agent mapping is discovered. Partial matches may be made when a change is made to the application, allowing learning the new mapping automatically. If an application is associated with more than a threshold number of user agents, an indication may be generated that the application is suspicious and possibly malware.