Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
GENERATING MODELS FOR PERFORMING INLINE MALWARE DETECTION

Abstract:

Generating models usable by data appliances to perform inline malware analysis is disclosed. A set of features, including a plurality of n-grams, extracted from a set of files is received. A reduced set of features is determined that includes at least some of the plurality of n-grams. The reduced set of features is used to generate a model usable by a data appliance to perform inline malware analysis.