Cloud view detection of virtual machine brute force attacks
US11159542B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 21, 2019 |
| Grant date | Oct 26, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/1466
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for detecting machine logon attacks within a cloud service. The method can include accessing a collection of network traffic protocol monitoring data. The network traffic protocol monitoring data can be network traffic protocol monitoring data across a cloud service. The method can also include analyzing the collection of network traffic protocol monitoring data to identify anomalous behavior by attacker entities associated with IP addresses indicating a brute force attack by the attacker entities associated with the IP addresses. Then, based on the anomalous behavior, the method can comprise identifying the IP addresses associated with the attacker entities, and at least one of attack patterns or campaign attack characteristics. Finally, the method can include compiling IP addresses associated with the attacker entities and the at least one of attack patterns or campaign attack characteristics into a reference data structure.
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