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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 17, 2020
Applicant:

Nortonlifelock Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);

Inventor:

William Thanos, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Assignee:

NortonLifeLock Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 43/028 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1433 (2013.01); H04L 43/028 (2013.01); H04L 63/145 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed computer-implemented method for deep packet inspection of vulnerable network devices may include (i) detecting at least one vulnerability associated with a network device service, (ii) identifying one or more network devices associated with the vulnerability, (iii) initiating a deep packet inspection of data traffic communicated by a target network device, (iv) determining, based on the deep packet inspection, one or more signatures associated with a potential malware attack for the target network device, and (v) performing a security action that mitigates the potential malware attack. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.


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