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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2019
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Qing Li, Cupertino, CA (US);
Samir Kapuria, Bedford, MA (US);
Wenjing Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Howard Chen, Milpitas, CA (US);
NortonLifeLock Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for protecting users may include (i) intercepting, through a cloud-based security proxy service, network traffic originating from a mobile application at a mobile device connected to a local area network protected by the cloud-based security proxy service, (ii) detecting, by the cloud-based security proxy service, a threat indicator indicated by the mobile application, and (iii) modifying the network traffic originating from the mobile application at the mobile device by applying, by the cloud-based security proxy service based on detecting the threat indicator indicated by the mobile application, a security policy to protect the local area network from a candidate threat corresponding to the threat indicator. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.