Endpoint Security Malware Detection and Data Logging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current security and antivirus software often fail to provide comprehensive information about security breaches, leaving users uncertain about the extent of malware impacts and lacking in remedial actions.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for reporting security vulnerabilities by detecting malware presence, determining the duration of its presence, logging accessed sensitive data items, and conditionally performing security actions based on the duration and access, to inform users about potential compromises and recommend remedial actions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If security software detects and removes malware quickly, then response speed is improved, but users are left without comprehensive information about the extent of the security breach and compromised data
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by logging sensitive data items accessed during the malware's presence window before the malware is removed. This allows the system to capture information about compromised data while the malware is still present, ensuring both quick removal and comprehensive reporting.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by providing users with detailed information about the security breach, including the list of compromised sensitive data items, the duration of malware presence, and specific remedial actions they should take. This closes the information gap created by rapid malware removal.
2Loss of information
If security software provides detailed information about security breaches, then user awareness is improved, but the complexity of the security system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the security reporting function into distinct components: malware detection, time window determination, sensitive data access logging, and conditional reporting. This modular approach provides comprehensive information while managing system complexity through functional separation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary logging of sensitive data accesses during the malware's presence window, so that when reporting is needed, the information is already captured and organized. This reduces the complexity of real-time analysis while maintaining information completeness.
3Measurement precision
If the system logs all sensitive data accesses during malware presence, then reporting accuracy is improved, but the amount of data to be processed and reported increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by focusing logging efforts specifically on sensitive data items during the malware's presence window, rather than logging all system activities. This concentrates data collection on high-value targets, improving breach assessment accuracy while limiting data volume to what is truly relevant.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses partial action by logging only the specific sensitive data items accessed during the malware's presence window, rather than comprehensively logging all system activities. This provides sufficient information for accurate breach assessment without the overhead of exhaustive data collection.
Data Source
AI summary
A computer-implemented method for reporting security vulnerabilities may include (1) detecting that a malware application is present on an endpoint computing system, (2) determining a window of time during which the malware application was present in a specified condition on the endpoint computing system, (3) logging a list of sensitive data items accessed during the window of time, and (4) conditioning performance of a security action to report the list of sensitive data items on a determination that both (A) a length of the window of time is longer than a security threshold length and is indicative of the malware application being located on the endpoint computing system long enough to potentially compromise a sensitive data item and (B) the malware application was accessed during the window of time. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.