Detection of malware beaconing activities
US9038178B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 25, 2012 |
| Grant date | May 19, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 10, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/1441
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Malware beaconing activity detection is disclosed, including: monitoring a plurality of conversations between an internal device and one or more external destinations; extracting feature sets based at least in part on the plurality of conversations; and determining that a conversation of the plurality of conversations is anomalous based at least in part on the extracted feature sets.
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