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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2017
Akamai Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Sreenath Kurupati, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sridhar Machiroutu, Fremont, CA (US);
Prajakta Bhurke, Fremont, CA (US);
Akamai Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure describes a technique to slow down or block creation of automated attack scripts by configuring a detector to discriminate whether particular attack-like activity is a true attack, or simply a hacker 'testing' his or her automated attack script, and then permitting any such test script to continue working (attacking) the site, albeit on a limited basis. In this manner, the hacker receives an indication that his or her automated attack script is already working. Thereafter, when the detector later detects a launch of an actual attack based on or otherwise associated with the automated attack script (previously under test), the attack fails either because the script was not a working script in the first instance, or because information learned about the script is used to adjust the site as necessary to then prepare adequately for a true attack.