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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2017
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Marina Simakov, Ashdod, IL;

Tal Be'ery, Petach Tikva, IL;

Itai Grady Ashkenazy, Ramat Hasharon, IL;

Chaim Menachem Hoch, Jerusalem, IL;

Tal Joseph Maor, Tel Aviv, IL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/50 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/50 (2013.01); G06F 21/316 (2013.01); G06F 21/552 (2013.01); G06F 21/577 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments are directed to monitoring local users' activity without installing an agent on a monitored machine. Periodic scans of the local users' directory using the standard protocol messages and APIs of a remote admin interface provide access to local machine data. Using the remote admin interface, defenders gain visibility to local users' logons, group membership, password changes, and other parameters. Security applications enabled by this visibility include, but are not limited to, abnormal logons detection, abnormal group addition and removal detection, and abnormal password changes detection.


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