Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detecting malware based on address ranges
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Application No.: US16132222Application Date: 2018-09-14
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Publication No.: US10929536B2Publication Date: 2021-02-23
- Inventor: Ryan Brandt Morris
- Applicant: Infocyte, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Infocyte, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Infocyte, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F21/52
- IPC: G06F21/52 ; G06F21/56 ; G06F21/55 ; G06F21/57 ; G06F9/54

Abstract:
Techniques are disclosed relating to detecting potential malware. A computer system may access process information identifying a set of software modules stored in a memory space allocated for a computer process. The computer system may determine address ranges that are respectively associated with a software module and define a segment in the memory space where program instructions are stored corresponding to that software module. The computer system may access thread information specifying, for each of a set of threads, a start address that identifies a location from which an initial program instruction is to be retrieved to begin execution of that thread. The computer system may make a determination that a thread is associated with a start address identifying a location outside of all address ranges, but within the memory space. Based on the determination, the computer system may classify the thread as being associated with malicious activity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200089883A1 DETECTING MALWARE BASED ON ADDRESS RANGES Public/Granted day:2020-03-19
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