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Devices, Systems, and Methods for Detecting Proximity-Based Mobile Malware Propagation

  • US 20120151587A1
  • Filed: 12/08/2010
  • Published: 06/14/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile communication device comprising:

  • a processor;

    a memory in communication with the processor;

    a transceiver in communication with the processor;

    a malware on the memory; and

    an agent logic on the memory fordiscovering a plurality of devices in a proximity,compiling a list of discovered devices in the proximity,inserting a trigger into the list of discovered devices,receiving a request to connect to the trigger from the malware, andreporting a malware activity to an agent server on a network;

    wherein the trigger appears to the malware to be one of the plurality of discovered devices.

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