Methods and apparatus to determine mutex entropy for malware classification

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12081584
APP PUB NO 20230208872A1
SERIAL NO

17645925

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Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine mutex entropy for malware classification. An example apparatus includes interface circuitry to access a mutex associated with a software application, the mutex to include a mutex identifier string, normalizer circuitry to normalize the mutex identifier string, character probability circuitry to determine character probabilities of characters within the normalized mutex identifier string, the character probabilities based on a historical mutex character distribution, entropy calculator circuitry to calculate an entropy value for the mutex based on the character probabilities, classifier circuitry to classify the mutex as clean or malicious based on the entropy value, and protector circuitry to mitigate malicious attacks based on the classification.

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MCAFEE LLC2821 MISSION COLLEGE BLVD SANTA CLARA CA 95054

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Fitzgerald, Niall Mahon, IE 8 6
Gaither, Brian Plano, US 4 3
Lancioni, German San Jose, US 50 255

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