Endpoint Simulated Security Environment for Malware Execution Prevention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current security systems are unable to guarantee absolute protection from malware and Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) attacks due to malware evasion techniques that prevent detection and execution avoidance, allowing malware to spread within networks and cause significant damage.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of simulated environments on endpoints that mimic security systems, causing malware to refrain from executing without detection, thereby preventing network damage without the need for malware detection through signature analysis or behavior monitoring.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If malware uses evasion techniques to avoid detection, then malware can execute undetected on endpoints, but security systems cannot detect and analyze the malware
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of trying to detect malware through traditional signature analysis and behavior monitoring, the system inverts the approach by having endpoints simulate security system environments. This causes malware to self-restrain from executing, effectively preventing attacks without requiring detection of the malware's malicious nature.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary component - a simulated security system environment deployed on endpoints. This intermediary tricks malware into believing it is running in a secure analysis environment, causing the malware to refrain from execution without actual detection or analysis being performed.
2Measurement precision
If security systems analyze malware signatures and behavior, then known threats can be detected, but malware can use evasion techniques to prevent accurate analysis
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by deploying simulated security environments on endpoints before malware can execute. This preemptive measure causes malware to self-restrain from running in the first place, eliminating the need for actual malware analysis and rendering evasion techniques ineffective.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary anti-action by creating environments that pre-emptively counter malware execution. The simulated security systems prepare the endpoint environments in advance to trick malware into believing it is under observation, causing malware to refrain from executing malicious actions before they can occur.
3Reliability
If malware detects the presence of security systems, then malware refrains from execution to avoid detection, but malware can still spread to endpoints without security systems present
Solution Approach 1:
The simulated security system environment is universally deployed across all endpoints in the network, providing multi-functional protection. Each endpoint independently simulates a security environment, creating network-wide protection without requiring centralized detection or analysis capabilities.
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AI summary
Systems, methods, and software products prevent malware attacks on networks, which include endpoint devices, by providing an environment to the endpoint device which simulates an environment, for example, a security environment, where malware is known to refrain from executing.