SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MALICIOUS TRAFFIC USING A VIRTUAL MACHINE CONFIGURED WITH A SELECT SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT

A system for detecting malware is described. The system features a traffic analysis device and a network device. The traffic analysis device is configured to receive data over a communication network, selectively filter the data, and output a first portion of the data to the network device. The network device is communicatively coupled with and remotely located from the traffic analysis device. The network device features software that, upon execution, (i) monitors behaviors of one or more virtual machines processing the first portion of the data received as output from the traffic analysis device, and (ii) detects, based on the monitored behaviors, a presence of malware in the first virtual machine.