Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Botnet detection and mitigation
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Application No.: US16416000Application Date: 2019-05-17
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Publication No.: US11627147B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: Pratik Lotia , Charles Manser
- Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MO St. Louis
- Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
- Current Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MO St. Louis
- Agency: Otterstedt & Kammer PLLC
- Main IPC: H04L9/40
- IPC: H04L9/40

Abstract:
Method and systems for detecting and mitigating a malicious bot. Threat information is obtained, the threat information identifying one or more indicators of compromise (IOC) corresponding to suspected or known malicious network traffic. A control list (CL) corresponding to the threat information is generated, the CL describing rules for identifying network flows to be logged in a network log. The network log identifying the network flows is obtained and a suspect network flow identified by both the threat information and the network log is identified. An address corresponding to the suspect network flow is identified and the address is correlated with a user identifier. A notification is issued to a user associated with the user identifier, the notification indicating a suspected existence of a malicious bot.
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