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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2019
Kaseya Us Llc, Miami, FL (US);
Karl Edward Brewer, Columbia, SC (US);
Oscar Rudolph McNeese, Jr., Pomaria, SC (US);
Sameer Prakash Kamat, Columbia, SC (US);
KASEYA US LLC, Miami, FL (US);
Abstract
A method for automated ransomware identification includes receiving a first series of data items for backup from a host system, identifying, using a heuristic, a first characteristic of the first series of data items, receiving a second series of data items for backup from the host system, identifying, using the heuristic, a second characteristic of the second series of data items, detecting that the second characteristic differs from the first characteristic in a manner consistent with a ransomware infection, and invoking a recovery procedure responsive to the detecting.