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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2018
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Marci D. Formato, Clintondale, NY (US);
Bernhard J. Klingenberg, Grover Beach, CA (US);
Andrew S. Kronstadt, Pensacola, FL (US);
Kurt A. Rybczyk, Waterbury, CT (US);
Lisa A. Shepard, Newtown, CT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 16/178 (2019.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 11/1469 (2013.01); G06F 16/178 (2019.01); G06F 21/565 (2013.01); H04L 63/145 (2013.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01); H04L 9/0643 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for detecting ransomware. A set of control files in a set of locations in a file system is checked, by a computer system, in response to an event, wherein the set of control files has a set of extensions targeted by the ransomware. In response to detecting a change in any of the set of control files, a file copying process for the file system is disabled by the computer system.