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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Awake Networks, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Keith Amidon, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michael Callahan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Debabrata Dash, San Jose, CA (US);
Gary Golomb, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Awake Security, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01);
Abstract
System and method for detecting a likely threat from a malicious attack is disclosed. Communication between a user computer and a destination computer is monitored by a security appliance. Selective information from the communication is extracted. One or more weak signals of a threat is detected based on the selective information. One or more weak signals are evaluated for a likely threat based on a threshold value. A corrective action is initiated for the likely threat, based on the evaluation.