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- Patent Title: Privacy preserving malicious network activity detection and mitigation
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Application No.: US17508414Application Date: 2021-10-22
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Publication No.: US11895090B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: Allan Thomson
- Applicant: Avast Software s.r.o.
- Applicant Address: CZ Prague
- Assignee: Avast Software s.r.o.
- Current Assignee: Avast Software s.r.o.
- Current Assignee Address: CZ Prague
- Agency: Dovas Law, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04L9/40
- IPC: H04L9/40

Abstract:
A method includes accessing a first intelligence feed including a plurality of cybersecurity incidents. A second intelligence feed is generated including a plurality of technical indicators defined on one or more virtual private network internet point of presence (“VPN internet PoP”) that connects a plurality of VPN tunnels to an internet. The first and second intelligence feeds are compared, a particular incident is determined, and a time frame of the particular incident is determined. Use of a particular VPN internet PoP by a plurality of sources including a plurality of clients is monitored to determine a plurality of time-based behaviors. The plurality of time-based behaviors are compared to the particular incident and to the time frame to determine a match. A particular source is blocked at the particular VPN internet PoP based on the determination of the match.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230131988A1 PRIVACY PRESERVING MALICIOUS NETWORK ACTIVITY DETECTION AND MITIGATION Public/Granted day:2023-04-27
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