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Detection of malware beaconing activities

US9369479B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 20, 2015
Grant dateJun 14, 2016
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Expiry dateApr 20, 2035

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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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