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Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 14, 2020
Applicant:

Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Baibhav Singh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jayant Jain, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

VMWARE, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45587 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01); H04L 2463/144 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example methods and systems for a computer system to perform security threat detection are described. In one example, a computer system may intercept an egress packet from a virtualized computing instance to pause forwarding of the egress packet towards a destination and obtain process information associated a process from which the egress packet originates. The computer system may initiate security analysis based on the process information. In response to determination that the process is a potential security threat based on the security analysis, the egress packet may be dropped, and a remediation action performed. Otherwise, the egress packet may be forwarded towards the destination.


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