Beacon and threat intelligence based APT detection
US12323389B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 29, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2043 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/1425
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques for beacon and threat intelligence based Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) detection are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for beacon and threat intelligence based APT detection includes collecting firewall log data from monitored network traffic; analyzing the firewall log data at a cloud security service to identify beacon traffic based on a plurality of heuristics; performing a risk evaluation of the beacon traffic to detect malicious beacon traffic; and performing an action in response to detecting the malicious beacon traffic.
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