Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for network traffic analysis
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Application No.: US15590303Application Date: 2017-05-09
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Publication No.: US10178117B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Lachlan A. Maxwell , Donald J. McQueen
- Applicant: AOL Inc.
- Applicant Address: US VA Dulles
- Assignee: Oath Inc.
- Current Assignee: Oath Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Dulles
- Agency: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06

Abstract:
Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying malicious traffic associated with a website. One method includes receiving website traffic metadata comprising a plurality of variables, the website traffic metadata being associated with a plurality of website visitors to the website; determining a total number of occurrences associated with at least two of the plurality of variables of the website traffic metadata; generating a plurality of pairs comprising combinations of the plurality of variables of the website traffic metadata; determining a total number of occurrences associated with each pair of the plurality of pairs of combinations of the plurality of variables of the website traffic metadata; determining a plurality of visitor actions associated with the plurality of variables of the website traffic metadata; clustering each of the plurality of pairs and the plurality of visitor actions associated with the plurality of variables of the website traffic metadata into groups; and determining, based on the clustering of the plurality of pairs and the plurality of visitor actions, whether each of the plurality of website visitors are malicious visitors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180332058A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK TRAFFIC ANALYSIS Public/Granted day:2018-11-15
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