DETECTING MALICIOUS ADVERTISEMENTS USING SOURCE CODE ANALYSIS

摘要

A method for software code analysis includes receiving in a computer (36), from a requester, an item of active content to be played on client devices. The computer automatically analyzes source code of the item in order to generate a data flow graph, representing a flow of information to be engendered in the client devices playing the item. It automatically processes the source code and the data flow graph in order to detect elements in the flow of the information that deviate from a predefined set of norms, and reports deviations from one or more of the norms to the requester.