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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2018
Area 1 Security, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Blake Darche, Finksburg, MD (US);
Javier Castro, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Chiraag Aval, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Area 1 Security, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for packet capture is provided. A computer system comprises: a plurality of sensor computers each programmed to capture data packets directed to a different compromised computer from one or more attacker computers; a command server that is programmed to identify a first packet capture filter of a plurality of packet capture filters for a first sensor computer of the plurality of sensor computers, to transmit, via a communications network, the first packet capture filter to the first sensor computer of a plurality of sensor computers, wherein the first packet capture filter is programmed to cause the first sensor computer to capture a first set of data packets that have been routed toward a first compromised computer, and to identify a second packet capture filter of the plurality of packet capture filters for a second sensor computer of the plurality of sensor computers, to send, via the communications network, wherein the second packet capture filter is programmed to cause the second sensor computer to capture a second set of data packets that have been routed toward a second compromised computer, and to instruct the first sensor computer to capture data packets using the first packet capture filter and to instruct the second sensor computer to capture a second set of data packets using the second packet capture filter.