Management of botnet attacks to a computer network
US11509690B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 21, 2019 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2040 |
Classification
- 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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