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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Mcafee, Llc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Suresh Gangadharan, Bangalore, IN;
Sriranga Seetharamaiah, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
MCAFEE, LLC, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/0227 (2013.01); H04L 63/164 (2013.01); H04L 63/166 (2013.01);
Abstract
A disclosed apparatus includes a connection detector to detect a communication as including a request to connect to a device at a data link layer of an Open Systems Interconnection model; a threat monitor to determine whether the communication is a threat; and a threat manager to, when the threat monitor determines the communication is a threat, at least one of generate a notification to prompt a user about the threat or block the communication.