18345228. GRAYWARE ANALYSIS (International Business Machines Corporation)

GRAYWARE ANALYSIS

Organization Name

International Business Machines Corporation

Inventor(s)

Md Sajidul Islam Sajid of Charlotte NC (US)

Frederico Araujo of Mahopac NY (US)

Teryl Paul Taylor of Colorado Springs CO (US)

Jiyong Jang of Chappaqua NY (US)

GRAYWARE ANALYSIS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18345228 titled 'GRAYWARE ANALYSIS

Original Abstract Submitted

Methods and systems for grayware analysis include running a software application in a sandbox. Activity information is collected from the software application that represents actions performed by the software application within an environment of the sandbox. The collected activity information is matched to a grayware activity description to identify the software application as performing a grayware activity. A corrective action is performed on the software application.