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Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 07, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Amit Klein, Herzliya, IL;

Shmuel Regev, Tel Aviv, IL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/566 (2013.01); G06F 21/552 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); H04L 9/3234 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01);
Abstract

Dynamic verification of a computer software application execution path by detecting execution of a target instruction of a computer software application, wherein the computer software application is configured to generate a token at an instruction near a waypoint instruction of the computer software application, and wherein the waypoint instruction lies along an execution path that leads to the target instruction. Determining, responsive to detecting execution of the target instruction, whether a token exists. Performing a computer-security-related remediation action responsive to determining that the token does not exist.


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