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Management of botnet attacks to a computer network

US11509690B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 21, 2019
Grant dateNov 22, 2022
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2463/144
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and computer-implemented method of monitoring a network is provided. The method includes receiving a packet of network traffic, wherein the packet has an associated source and destination address pair, where this pair constitutes a connection pair. The method further includes comparing the packet to a plurality of patterns and/or compare a source or destination address of the packet to known malicious addresses, and upon determining that the packet matches a pattern of the plurality of patterns or the source or destination address of the packet matches a known malicious address. The method further includes deploying a honeypot in a container for the pattern matching the packet, if not yet deployed, and forwarding all network traffic for the connection pair to the honeypot.

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