SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FILE EMBEDDED IN AN ARBITRARY LOCATION AND DETERMINING THE REPUTATION OF THE FILE

A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes identifying a file format identifier associated with a beginning of a file, parsing the file based on the file format identifier until an end of the file is identified, and calculating a hash from the beginning of the file to the end of th...

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Main Authors PATHAK SWAPNIL, MA DENYS LOK HANG, MAHADIK VINAY
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 18.04.2013
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
PHYSICS
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Summary:A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes identifying a file format identifier associated with a beginning of a file, parsing the file based on the file format identifier until an end of the file is identified, and calculating a hash from the beginning of the file to the end of the file. The method may also include sending the hash to a reputation system and taking a policy action based on the hash's reputation received from the reputation system.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201113276197