Patent Publication Number: US-11050775-B2

Title: IoT and PoS anti-malware strategy

Description:
RELATED APPLICATION 
     This patent arises from a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/116,452, (now U.S. Pat. No. 10,432,655) which was filed on Aug. 29, 2018 and was entitled “IOT AND POS ANTI-MALWARE STRATEGY”, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/087,110, (now U.S. Pat. No. 10,079,845) which was filed on Mar. 31, 2016 and was entitled “IOT AND POS ANTI-MALWARE STRATEGY”. U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 16/116,452 and 15/087,110 are hereby incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Priority to U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 16/116,452 and 15/087,110 is hereby claimed. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     Embodiments described herein generally relate to device security, and more specifically to internet of things and point of sale anti-malware strategy. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Today&#39;s technology allows for many devices to have limited functionality and be communicably coupled and work together in a larger network. The Internet of Things (IoT) provides a network of numerous types of devices that may connect with more typical computer devices. These devices may be embedded with, for example, electronics, sensors, and network connectivity. Further, IoT devices may include sensors, displays, Point of Sale (PoS) terminals, kiosk devices, and other non-general compute systems. 
     Because IoT devices often have limited functionality, IoT devices may have small amounts of memory, storage, and other resources. However, IoT devices are still vulnerable to malware, tampering, and other security issues. Further, because of the limited resources, it is often unreasonable to run a full anti-malware system. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a diagram illustrating a network of programmable devices according to one or more embodiments. 
         FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating a system for IoT and PoS device anti-malware strategy according to one or more embodiments. 
         FIG. 3  is a flow diagram illustrating a technique for providing an anti-malware strategy, according to one or more embodiments. 
         FIG. 4  is a flow diagram illustrating a technique for updating an anti-malware strategy, according to one or more embodiments. 
         FIG. 5  is a diagram illustrating a computing device for use with techniques described herein according to one embodiment. 
         FIG. 6  is a block diagram illustrating a computing device for use with techniques described herein according to another embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, structure and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring the invention. References to numbers without subscripts or suffixes are understood to reference all instance of subscripts and suffixes corresponding to the referenced number. Moreover, the language used in this disclosure has been principally selected for readability and instructional purposes, and may not have been selected to delineate or circumscribe the inventive subject matter, resort to the claims being necessary to determine such inventive subject matter. Reference in the specification to “one embodiment” or to “an embodiment” means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiments is included in at least one embodiment of the invention, and multiple references to “one embodiment” or “an embodiment” should not be understood as necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. 
     As used herein, the term “computer system” can refer to a single computer or a plurality of computers working together to perform the function described as being performed on or by a computer system. 
     As used herein, the term “medium” refers to a single physical medium or a plurality of media that together store what is described as being stored on the medium. 
     As used herein, the term “network device” can refer to any computer system that is capable of communicating with another computer system across any type of network. 
     As used herein, the term “IoT device” may refer to a computing device that has a particular intended functionality. 
     In one or more embodiments, a technique is provided for providing an anti-malware strategy which may be useful in PoS and IoT devices. In one or more embodiments, the limited intended functionality is utilized to provide an anti-malware strategy without using computationally expensive operations or large amounts of data storage. Certain operations within the operating system of an IoT device may be considered forbidden functions. For example, in an IoT device running embedded Windows, the function getprocmemory may not be considered a legitimate function. In one or more embodiments, function calls that are considered forbidden may be hooked in order to prevent the function call from execution. Function calls may be forbidden based on an intended functionality of the device on which the function call is made. In addition, a function call may be innocuous for a particular device, but particular parameters for the function call may be forbidden. As another example, an otherwise innocuous function call may be considered forbidden if it is part of a forbidden combination of function calls. Moreover, an innocuous combination of function calls may be associated with forbidden parameters. Further, in one or more embodiments, other actions may be taken. For example, a notification may be generated and sent to a user device, data regarding the forbidden function call may be sent to a remote server for analysis, or the device may be disabled. Further, in one or more embodiments, the forbidden function list may be occasionally or periodically updated, and may be specific to the intended functionality of the monitored IoT device. 
     Referring to the figures,  FIG. 1  an example infrastructure  100  in which embodiments may be implemented is illustrated schematically. Infrastructure  100  contains computer networks  102 . Computer networks  102  may include many different types of computer networks available today, such as the Internet, a corporate network, or a Local Area Network (LAN). Each of these networks can contain wired or wireless programmable devices and operate using any number of network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP). Networks  102  may be connected to gateways and routers (represented by  108 ), end user computers  106 , and computer servers  104 . Infrastructure  100  also includes cellular network  103  for use with mobile communication devices. Mobile cellular networks support mobile phones and many other types of mobile devices. Mobile devices in the infrastructure  100  are illustrated as mobile phones  110 , laptops  112 , and tablets  114 . A mobile device such as mobile phone  110  may interact with one or more mobile provider networks as the mobile device moves, typically interacting with a plurality of mobile network towers  120 ,  130 , and  140  for connecting to the cellular network  103 . Each of the networks  102  may contain a number of other devices typically referred to as Internet of Things (microcontrollers, embedded systems, industrial control computing modules, etc.). Although referred to as a cellular network in  FIG. 1 , a mobile device may interact with towers of more than one provider network, as well as with multiple non-cellular devices such as wireless access points and routers  108 . In addition, the mobile devices  110 ,  112 , and  114  may interact with non-mobile devices such as computers  104  and  106  for desired services. The functionality of the gateway device  108  may be implemented in any device or combination of devices illustrated in  FIG. 1 ; however, most commonly is implemented in a firewall or intrusion protection system in a gateway or router. 
       FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating a system for IoT and PoS device anti-malware strategy according to one or more embodiments.  FIG. 2  includes several devices connected across network  200 . As depicted, network  200  may connect such computer systems as a monitored device  205 , client device  215 , and security server  210 . In one or more embodiments, monitored device  205  may be an IoT device and have a particular intended functionality. In one or more embodiments, the functionality of the various components may be differently distributed than the particular depiction of  FIG. 2 . Network  200  may be any type of computer network, such as a LAN or a corporate network, including a plurality of interconnected networks. For example, Network  200  may include a subset of the devices included in larger network  102  or  103 . 
     In one or more embodiments, monitored device  205  may be a computer device with numerous components, such as the depicted processor  230 , memory  220 , and storage  225 . Further, in one or more embodiments, the monitored device  205 , as depicted, may be a more constricted device, and have only bare bones components, such as a processor  230  and memory  220 . Similarly, security server  210  and client device  215  may either or both also have a processor, memory, and/or storage. 
     The monitored device  205 , or client device  215 , may also include other components, such as a display, or a sensor hub. The display may be any display device for a client device. For example, the display may be a cathode ray tube (CRT) display, a light-emitting diode (LED) display, an electroluminescent (ELD) display, electronic paper, plasma display panel (PDP), liquid crystal display (LCD), and the like. In addition, monitored device  205  and client device  215  may also include other user-interactive devices, such as speakers. In one or more embodiments, the client device  215  may utilize the various I/O devices to present notifications to a user of the client device  215 . In one or more embodiments, the notifications may be related to the monitored device  205  or the security server  210 . 
     In one or more embodiments, memory  220  of monitored device  205  includes one or more modules. For example, monitored device  205  may include a device functionality module  240 . That is, in one or more embodiments, the monitored device  205  may be an IoT device that has a particular intended functionality. Memory  220  may also include a security module. In one or more embodiments, security module  245  may include computer code to monitor function calls in the monitored device  205 . In one or more embodiments, the security module  245  may include computer code which monitors functionality of the monitored device  205  to detect forbidden functions. In one or more embodiments, the security module  245  may include a system driver which hooks the native application programming interface (API) call when it detects abnormal activity. Abnormal activity may be forbidden function call or other activity based on the intended functionality of the monitored device  205 . 
     In one or more embodiments, monitored device  205  may keep a record of forbidden functions. The forbidden functions may be in the form of a list or other data structure and may be stored, for example, in forbidden function store  235  storage  225 . In one or more embodiments, the forbidden functions may alternatively be stored in memory  220 , or in another location across network  200 . Forbidden function store  235  may store details regarding how a particular function call may be determined to be forbidden. As an example, a forbidden function call may be identified by name alone. That is, forbidden function store  235  may keep a blacklist of function calls for the particular device. Further, forbidden function store  235  may track other details that would render an otherwise innocuous function call to be forbidden. As an example, particular parameters to an otherwise allowed function call may render the function call forbidden. As another example, a function call as part of a particular combination of function calls may be forbidden. In one or more embodiments, a log may be kept of all called functions in order to determine a context of a particular function call within a combination of function calls. Further, any combination may also apply. That is, a particular combination of function calls may be considered innocuous but for a forbidden parameter or set of parameters for the combination of function calls. In one or more embodiments, the determination of what is forbidden may be device specific, or may be determined based on an intended functionality of the device. 
     Further, in one or more embodiments, another device, such a security server  210  may occasionally or periodically provide updates to the forbidden function store  235 . For example, security server may include a security update module  250  that provides updates to the monitored device  205  regarding forbidden functions for the monitored device  205 . In one or more embodiments, the updates to the forbidden function store  235  may be based on a characteristic or a particular function of monitored device  205 . 
     In one or more embodiments, monitored device  205  may provide a notification when a forbidden function call is detected. Monitored device  205  may transmit a notification to another user device, such as client device  215  that a forbidden function call has been detected. In one or more embodiments, client device  215  may present the notification, for example, through notification module  255 . In one or more embodiments, monitored device  205  may additionally or alternatively provide a notification to a remote server, such as security server  210 , for further analysis of the function call, or combination of function calls, or other information associated therewith. In one or more embodiments, the process ID may be included in the notification, or may be used to obtain further details regarding a function call. For example, the process ID may be used to acquire a process name or a path. The notification may additionally, or alternatively, include the information obtained using the process ID. 
       FIG. 3  is a flow diagram illustrating a technique for providing an anti-malware strategy, according to one or more embodiments. The method begins at  302 , and the monitored device  205  detects a function call for a particular function. In one or more embodiments, security module  245  in memory  220  may detect the function call for a particular function. The technique continues at  304  and a determination is made regarding whether the function is a forbidden function. In one or more embodiments, the function call is compared against a forbidden function list, such as that stored in forbidden function store  235 . If, at  304  it is determined that the particular function is not a forbidden function, then the technique continues at  306  and the security module  245  determines whether the function call is part of a forbidden combination of function calls. For example, the particular function call may be considered innocuous for the monitored device  205 , but not in combination with certain other function calls. If it is determined that the particular function is not part of a forbidden combination of function calls, then the technique continues at  308  and a determination is made regarding whether any parameters or combination of parameters are forbidden for the detected function call or combination of function calls. If a determination is made that the parameters are not forbidden, then the technique continues at  310 , and the security module  245  continues monitoring the device until another function call is detected at  302 . 
     Returning to decision blocks  304 ,  306 , and  308 , if it is determined that a forbidden function call is detected, then the technique continues at block  312 . Again, a particular function call may be forbidden in several situations, such as the function call being on a forbidden list or being part of a forbidden combination of function calls, or being associated with parameters that are forbidden for that particular function call, or combination of function calls. 
     At  312 , the monitored device  205  hooks the function call associated with the forbidden function. That is, in one or more embodiments, the security module  245  prevents the function call for the forbidden function from executing. The technique continues at  314  and the monitored device may generate a notification regarding the function call. In one or more embodiments, the monitored device  205  may deliver the notification to a user via the security server  210  or the client device  215  such as through notification module  255 . As described above, the notification may allow a security server to do further analysis on the forbidden function. The notification may also allow the user or other party to take additional action for the monitored device  205 . The technique may continue at  312 , and the monitored device  205  may be disabled. That is, in one or more embodiments, in responses to detecting a forbidden function in monitored device  205 , the intended functionality of monitored device  205  may be disabled. In one or more embodiments, disabling the device may include one or more or blocking the detected calls from executing, isolating and terminating the offending binary, notifying a user of the offending activity, and submitting the activity for offsite analysis. For example, a notification including information about the function call may be generated by the monitored device and transmitted to a remote server for analysis. 
       FIG. 4  is a flow diagram illustrating a technique for updating an anti-malware strategy, according to one or more embodiments. That is, in one or more embodiments, it may be occasionally beneficial or necessary to update the list of forbidden functions. The flow diagram being at  402  and security server  210  obtains updated forbidden functions. In one or more embodiments, the updated forbidden function may be received at the security server  210  by an administrator, or may be determined after analysis of previously received notification from one or more monitored devices. 
     The technique continues at  404  and a type of monitored device is determined. In one or more embodiments, the list or group of forbidden functions may be device or function specific. That is, if the intended functionality of a particular device such as an IoT device is known, then it can be determined function that should not be allowable on the device. Optionally at  406 , security server  210  may determine a particular device type of the monitored device  205  by querying the monitored device for an intended function. 
     In one or more embodiments, after the security server  210  queries the monitored device  205  for an intended function, then the monitored device  205  receives the request for the intended function for the monitored device at  408 . Then at  410 , the monitored device optionally returns the intended functionality of the monitored device  205  to the security server  210 . 
     At  412  the security server  210  generates an updated list of forbidden functions of the monitored device  205 . In one or more embodiments, the updated list is device specific, or function specific. That is, if an IoT device has a specific intended functionality, the list of forbidden functions may include functions outside the intended functionality. 
     At  414 , the security server  414  transmits the updated list to the monitored device  205 . In one or more embodiments, the updated list may be stored and accessed remotely from the monitored device  205 . However, in one or more embodiments, the updated list of forbidden functions of the monitored device may be stored on the monitored device. For example, the forbidden list of functions of the monitored device may be stored locally, such as in forbidden function store  235  in monitored device  205 . Then at  416 , security module  245  continues monitoring monitored device  205  based on the updated forbidden functions. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 5 , a block diagram illustrates a programmable device  600  that may be used within a computer device, such as monitored device  205 , client device  215  or security server  210  in accordance with one or more embodiments. The programmable device  600  illustrated in  FIG. 6  is a multiprocessor programmable device that includes a first processing element  670  and a second processing element  680 . While two processing elements  670  and  680  are shown, an embodiment of programmable device  600  may also include only one such processing element. 
     Programmable device  600  is illustrated as a point-to-point interconnect system, in which the first processing element  670  and second processing element  680  are coupled via a point-to-point interconnect  650 . Any or all of the interconnects illustrated in  FIG. 6  may be implemented as a multi-drop bus rather than point-to-point interconnects. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 5 , each of processing elements  670  and  680  may be multicore processors, including first and second processor cores (i.e., processor cores  674   a  and  674   b  and processor cores  684   a  and  684   b ). Such cores  674   a ,  674   b ,  684   a ,  684   b  may be configured to execute instruction code in a manner similar to that discussed above in connection with  FIGS. 1-4 . However, other embodiments may use processing elements that are single core processors as desired. In embodiments with multiple processing elements  670 ,  680 , each processing element may be implemented with different numbers of cores as desired. 
     Each processing element  670 ,  680  may include at least one shared cache  646 . The shared cache  646   a ,  646   b  may store data (e.g., instructions) that are utilized by one or more components of the processing element, such as the cores  674   a ,  674   b  and  684   a ,  684   b , respectively. For example, the shared cache may locally cache data stored in a memory  632 ,  634  for faster access by components of the processing elements  670 ,  680 . In one or more embodiments, the shared cache  646   a ,  646   b  may include one or more mid-level caches, such as level 2 (L2), level 3 (L3), level 4 (L4), or other levels of cache, a last level cache (LLC), or combinations thereof. 
     While  FIG. 5  illustrates a programmable device with two processing elements  670 ,  680  for clarity of the drawing, the scope of the present invention is not so limited and any number of processing elements may be present. Alternatively, one or more of processing elements  670 ,  680  may be an element other than a processor, such as an graphics processing unit (GPU), a digital signal processing (DSP) unit, a field programmable gate array, or any other programmable processing element. Processing element  680  may be heterogeneous or asymmetric to processing element  670 . There may be a variety of differences between processing elements  670 ,  680  in terms of a spectrum of metrics of merit including architectural, microarchitectural, thermal, power consumption characteristics, and the like. These differences may effectively manifest themselves as asymmetry and heterogeneity amongst processing elements  670 ,  680 . In some embodiments, the various processing elements  670 ,  680  may reside in the same die package. 
     First processing element  670  may further include memory controller logic (MC)  672  and point-to-point (P-P) interconnects  676  and  678 . Similarly, second processing element  680  may include a MC  682  and P-P interconnects  686  and  688 . As illustrated in  FIG. 6 , MCs  672  and  682  couple processing elements  670 ,  680  to respective memories, namely a memory  632  and a memory  634 , which may be portions of main memory locally attached to the respective processors. While MC logic  672  and  682  is illustrated as integrated into processing elements  670 ,  680 , in some embodiments the memory controller logic may be discrete logic outside processing elements  670 ,  680  rather than integrated therein. 
     Processing element  670  and processing element  680  may be coupled to an I/O subsystem  690  via respective P-P interconnects  676  and  686  through links  652  and  654 . As illustrated in  FIG. 6 , I/O subsystem  690  includes P-P interconnects  694  and  698 . Furthermore, I/O subsystem  690  includes an interface  692  to couple I/O subsystem  690  with a high performance graphics engine  638 . In one embodiment, a bus (not shown) may be used to couple graphics engine  638  to I/O subsystem  690 . Alternately, a point-to-point interconnect  639  may couple these components. 
     In turn, I/O subsystem  690  may be coupled to a first link  616  via an interface  696 . In one embodiment, first link  616  may be a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, or a bus such as a PCI Express bus or another I/O interconnect bus, although the scope of the present invention is not so limited. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 5 , various I/O devices  614 ,  624  may be coupled to first link  616 , along with a bridge  618  which may couple first link  616  to a second link  620 . In one embodiment, second link  620  may be a low pin count (LPC) bus. Various devices may be coupled to second link  620  including, for example, a keyboard/mouse  612 , communication device(s)  626  (which may in turn be in communication with the computer network  603 ), and a data storage unit  628  such as a disk drive or other mass storage device which may include code  630 , in one embodiment. The code  630  may include instructions for performing embodiments of one or more of the techniques described above. Further, an audio I/O  624  may be coupled to second bus  620 . 
     Note that other embodiments are contemplated. For example, instead of the point-to-point architecture of  FIG. 5 , a system may implement a multi-drop bus or another such communication topology. Although links  616  and  620  are illustrated as busses in  FIG. 6 , any desired type of link may be used. Also, the elements of  FIG. 5  may alternatively be partitioned using more or fewer integrated chips than illustrated in  FIG. 5 . 
     Referring now to  FIG. 6 , a block diagram illustrates a programmable device  700  according to another embodiment. Certain aspects of  FIG. 5  have been omitted from  FIG. 6  in order to avoid obscuring other aspects of  FIG. 6 . 
       FIG. 6  illustrates that processing elements  770 ,  780  may include integrated memory and I/O control logic (“CL”)  772  and  782 , respectively. In some embodiments, the  772 ,  782  may include memory control logic (MC) such as that described above in connection with  FIG. 5 . In addition, CL  772 ,  782  may also include I/O control logic.  FIG. 6  illustrates that not only may the memories  732 ,  734  be coupled to the  772 ,  782 , but also that I/O devices  744  may also be coupled to the control logic  772 ,  782 . Legacy I/O devices  715  may be coupled to the I/O subsystem  790  by interface  796 . Each processing element  770 ,  780  may include multiple processor cores, illustrated in  FIG. 6  as processor cores  774 A,  774 B,  784 A, and  784 B. As illustrated in  FIG. 6 , I/O subsystem  790  includes P-P interconnects  794  and  798  that connect to P-P interconnects  776  and  786  of the processing elements  770  and  780  with links  752  and  754 . Processing elements  770  and  780  may also be interconnected by link  750  and interconnects  778  and  788 , respectively. 
     The programmable devices depicted in  FIGS. 5 and 6  are schematic illustrations of embodiments of programmable devices which may be utilized to implement various embodiments discussed herein. Various components of the programmable devices depicted in  FIGS. 5 and 6  may be combined in a system-on-a-chip (SoC) architecture. 
     In one or more embodiment, aspects of the above description may be able to stop unknown malware before it is able to do harm to the infected computer or IoT device. In addition, the disclosure may be able to isolate or remove the offending binary. High value information may be protected from being exfiltrated by an infected device. 
     As an example, PoS malware may rely on the ability to open a handle to a target process, determine the mapped region of memory the process is using, then call ReadProcMemory in order to access the memory resident data for a process. The malware may attempt to search the data for strings that match the known format for track 1/track 2 data. In one or more embodiments, the forbidden function identified may be a single function call, or a collection of API calls. 
     It is to be understood that the various components of the flow diagrams described above, could occur in a different order or even concurrently. It should also be understood that various embodiments of the inventions may include all or just some of the components described above. Thus, the flow diagrams are provided for better understanding of the embodiments, but the specific ordering of the components of the flow diagrams are not intended to be limiting unless otherwise described so. 
     Program instructions may be used to cause a general-purpose or special-purpose processing system that is programmed with the instructions to perform the operations described herein. Alternatively, the operations may be performed by specific hardware components that contain hardwired logic for performing the operations, or by any combination of programmed computer components and custom hardware components. The methods described herein may be provided as a computer program product that may include a machine readable medium having stored thereon instructions that may be used to program a processing system or other electronic device to perform the methods. The term “machine readable medium” used herein shall include any medium that is capable of storing or encoding a sequence of instructions for execution by the machine and that cause the machine to perform any one of the methods described herein. The term “machine readable medium” shall accordingly include, but not be limited to, tangible, non-transitory memories such as solid-state memories, optical and magnetic disks. Furthermore, it is common in the art to speak of software, in one form or another (e.g., program, procedure, process, application, module, logic, and so on) as taking an action or causing a result. Such expressions are merely a shorthand way of stating that the execution of the software by a processing system causes the processor to perform an action or produce a result. 
     The following examples pertain to further embodiments. 
     Example 1 is a machine readable medium on which instructions are stored, comprising instructions that when executed cause a machine to: detect, in a device, a function call; determine whether the function call is forbidden for the device; and in response to determining that the function call is forbidden for the device, prevent the function call from executing. 
     In Example 2 the subject matter of Example 1 optionally includes wherein the instructions that cause the machine to determine whether the function call is forbidden for the device comprises instructions that cause the machine to: determine that the function call is associated with a function that is forbidden for the device. 
     In Example 3 the subject matter of Example 1 optionally includes wherein the instructions that cause the machine to determine whether the function call is forbidden for the device comprises instructions that cause the machine to: determine that the function call is detected as part of a forbidden combination of function calls for the device. 
     In Example 4 the subject matter of Example 1 optionally includes wherein the instructions that cause the machine to determine whether the function call is forbidden for the device comprises instructions that cause the machine to: determine that the function call is associated with a forbidden parameter for the device. 
     In Example 5 the subject matter of any of Examples 1-4 optionally includes further comprising instructions that cause the machine to: generate a notification regarding the function call; and transmit the notification to a user device. 
     In Example 6 the subject matter of any of Examples 1-4 optionally includes further comprising instructions that cause the machine to: generate a notification regarding the function call; and transmit the notification to a remote server, wherein the notification comprises data regarding the function call for analysis. 
     In Example 7 the subject matter of any of Examples 1-4 optionally includes wherein the function call comprises one or more API calls. 
     In Example 8 the subject matter of any of Examples 1-4 optionally includes wherein the device is a point of sale device. 
     Example 9 is a system for providing device security, comprising: one or more processors; and a memory coupled to the one or more processors and comprising instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to: detect, in a device, a function call; determine whether the function call is forbidden for the device; and in response to determining that the function call is forbidden for the device, prevent the function call from executing. 
     In Example 10 the subject matter of Example 9 optionally includes wherein the instructions that cause the system to determine whether the function call is forbidden for the device comprises instructions that cause the system to: determine that the function call is associated with a function that is forbidden for the device. 
     In Example 11 the subject matter of Example 9 optionally includes wherein the instructions that cause the system to determine whether the function call is forbidden for the device comprises instructions that cause the system to: determine that the function call is detected as part of a forbidden combination of function calls for the device. 
     In Example 12 the subject matter of Example 9 optionally includes wherein the instructions that cause the system to determine whether the function call is forbidden for the device comprises instructions that cause the system to: determine that the function call is associated with a forbidden parameter for the device. 
     In Example 13 the subject matter of any of Examples 9-12 optionally includes further comprising instructions that cause the system to: generate a notification regarding the function call; and transmit the notification to a user device. 
     In Example 14 the subject matter of any of Examples 9-12 optionally includes further comprising instructions that cause when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to: generate a notification regarding the function call; and transmit the notification to a remote server, wherein the notification comprises data regarding the function call for analysis. 
     In Example 15 the subject matter of any of Examples 9-12 optionally includes further comprising instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the system to: receive, from a remote device, an updated list of forbidden function calls; and monitor the device to detect a further forbidden function call using the updated list of forbidden functions. 
     In Example 16 the subject matter of Example 15 optionally includes wherein the updated list of forbidden functions is specific to an intended functionality of the device. 
     Example 17 is a method for providing device security, comprising: detecting, in a device, a function call; determining whether the function call is forbidden for the device; and in response to determining that the function call is forbidden for the device, preventing the function call from executing. 
     In Example 18 the subject matter of Example 17 optionally includes wherein determining whether the function call is forbidden for the device further comprises: determining that the function call is associated with a function that is forbidden for the device. 
     In Example 19 the subject matter of Example 17 optionally includes wherein determining whether the function call is forbidden for the device further comprises: determining that the function call is detected as part of a forbidden combination of function calls for the device. 
     In Example 20 the subject matter of Example 17 optionally includes wherein determining whether the function call is forbidden for the device further comprises: determining that the function call is associated with a forbidden parameter for the device. 
     In Example 21 the subject matter of any of Examples 17-20 optionally includes wherein determining whether the particular function is forbidden for the device comprises: generating a notification regarding the function call; and transmitting the notification to a user device. 
     In Example 22 the subject matter of any of Examples 17-20 optionally includes further comprising: generating a notification regarding the function call; and transmitting the notification to a remote server, wherein the notification comprises data regarding the function call for analysis. 
     In Example 23 the subject matter of any of Examples 17-20 optionally includes wherein the function call comprises one or more API calls. 
     In Example 24 the subject matter of any of Examples 17-20 optionally includes further comprising: receiving, from a remote device, an updated list of forbidden function calls; and monitoring the device to detect a further forbidden function call using the updated list of forbidden functions. 
     In Example 25 the subject matter of Example 24 optionally includes wherein the updated list of forbidden function calls is specific to an intended functionality of the device. 
     It is to be understood that the above description is intended to be illustrative, and not restrictive. For example, the above-described embodiments may be used in combination with each other. As another example, the above-described flow diagrams include a series of actions which may not be performed in the particular order depicted in the drawings. Rather, the various actions may occur in a different order, or even simultaneously. Many other embodiment will be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reviewing the above description. The scope of the invention should therefore should be determined with reference to the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled.