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Selective virtualization for security threat detection

  • US 10,417,031 B2
  • Filed: 03/25/2016
  • Issued: 09/17/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computerized method comprising:

  • configuring a virtual machine running within a platform with a first virtualization logic;

    monitoring, by the first virtualization logic, for a first plurality of requests that are initiated during processing of an object within the virtual machine, each of the first plurality of requests is associated with an activity to be performed in connection with one or more resources; and

    selectively virtualizing, by the first virtualization logic, resources associated with a second plurality of requests that are initiated during the processing of the object within the virtual machine, wherein the second plurality of requests being lesser in number than the first plurality of requests and the selectively virtualizing of the resources comprisesintercepting a first request of the second plurality of requests,redirecting the first request of the second plurality of requests, the redirecting of the first request comprises generating a modified first request by changing a resource associated with the first request and subsequently passing the modified first request to system code for processing, andreceiving virtualized data in response to passing the modified first request to the system code.

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