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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2022
Airgap Networks Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ritesh R. Agrawal, San Jose, CA (US);
Vinay Adavi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Satish M. Mohan, San Jose, CA (US);
AIRGAP NETWORKS INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A technique to stop lateral movement of ransomware between endpoints in a VLAN is disclosed. A security appliance is set as the default gateway for intra-LAN communication by overwriting the DHCP responses. Message traffic from compromised endpoints is detected. Attributes of ransomware may be detected in the message traffic, as well as attempts to circumvent the security appliance. Compromised devices may be quarantined. The security appliance may act in response to an initial detection of ransomware such that it does not ordinarily interfere with operation of a primary DHCP server.