Detecting malicious network content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9519782-B2
Application number	US-201213405152-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2012
Priority date	Feb 24, 2012
Publication date	Dec 13, 2016
Grant date	Dec 13, 2016

Abstract

Systems and methods for detecting malicious content on portable data storage devices or remote network servers are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a system comprises a quarantine module configured to detect one or more portable data storage devices upon insertion of the devices into a security appliance, wherein the security appliance is configured to receive the portable data storage devices, a controller configured to receive from the security appliance, via a communication network, data associated with the portable data storage devices, an analysis module configured to analyze the data to determine whether the data includes malware, and a security module to selectively identify, based on the determination, the one or more portable data storage devices storing the malware.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for detecting malicious content within data storage devices, the method comprising:
detecting coupling of one or more data storage devices to an interface of a digital device upon insertion of the one or more data storage devices into the interface of the digital device;
quarantining data associated with the one or more data storage devices by (i) redirecting at least a portion of the data, transmitted from the one or more data storage devices, to…

Assignees

• Aziz Ashar
• Staniford Stuart Gresley
• Amin Muhammad
• Uyeno Henry
• Yie Samuel
• Fireeye Inc

Inventors

• Aziz Ashar
• Staniford Stuart Gresley
• Amin Muhammad
• Uyeno Henry
• Yie Samuel

Classifications

• H04L63/145

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F21/567 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic