Malicious activity detection in a memory
| Patent Number: | 11,023,579 |
| Issued: | 6/1/2021 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | A method and apparatus for monitoring a volatile memory in a computer system. Samples of compressed data from locations in the volatile memory in the computer system are read. Data in the volatile memory is reconstructed using the samples of compressed data. The data is an image of the volatile memory. The image enables determining whether an undesired process is present in the volatile memory. |
| Filed: | 12/1/2016 |
| Application Number: | 15/367,026 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |