Vulnerability-detection crawler
US11361076B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 26, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N20/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method includes accessing a plurality of network sources by a crawler bank. The crawler bank includes a plurality of crawlers. Each crawler may be designated to specifically crawl at least one of the network sources. In some implementations, the method includes crawling each of the network sources to identify one or more featured content. In some implementations, the crawlers look to identify vulnerability reports on the network sources. In some implementations, crawlers look to identify vulnerability reports based on a predetermined set of rules. The predetermined set of rules may include a name of a product, a name of a vendor or manufacturer, a name and a version of a product, a product part number, etc. In some implementations, the method includes transmitting each of the identified featured content to the server. In such implementations, the crawlers transmit the identified vulnerability reports to the crawler bank on the server.
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