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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shrikant Pawar, Mumbai, IN;
Sharad Mhaske, Maharashtra, IN;
Assignee:
NortonLifeLock Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); H04W 12/12 (2021.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); H04W 12/10 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1441 (2013.01); G06F 8/61 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04L 67/26 (2013.01); H04W 12/10 (2013.01); H04W 12/12 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for recovering an infected endpoint may include receiving an acoustic signal having an embedded command for executing a security application at the infected endpoint, decoding the acoustic signal to obtain the embedded command, and executing the embedded command to start a security application at the infected endpoint, where the security application is operable to mitigate the infected endpoint. Various other methods, systems and computer-readable media are also disclosed.