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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2019
Applicant:
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Inventors:
Fadi El-Moussa, London, GB;
George Kallos, London, GB;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/56 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/561 (2013.01); G06F 21/566 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer implemented method for determining a plurality of data sources providing seed parameters for generation of an encryption key by a ransomware algorithm, the method including exposing a target computer system to the ransomware algorithm; monitoring application programming interface (API) calls made to an operating system of the target computer system to identify a set of API calls for retrieving data about one or more hardware components of the target computer system, the data about the hardware components being determined to constitute the seed parameters.