DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIALLY HARMFUL APPLICATIONS BASED ON DETECTION AND ANALYSIS OF MALWARE/SPYWARE INDICATORS

Systems and methods for detecting and identifying malware/potentially harmful applications based on behavior characteristics of a mobile application are disclosed. One embodiment of a method of detecting a potentially harmful application includes detecting behavior characteristics of a mobile device...

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Main Authors Backholm, Ari, Adams, Colby, Bott, Ross, Morgan, Dustin
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 06.06.2019
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ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Summary:Systems and methods for detecting and identifying malware/potentially harmful applications based on behavior characteristics of a mobile application are disclosed. One embodiment of a method of detecting a potentially harmful application includes detecting behavior characteristics of a mobile device and, based on those detected behavior characteristics, identifying one or more indicators that the mobile application is a potentially harmful application. Those indicators are then analyzed to determine whether the application is a potentially harmful application.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201816206020