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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2021
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Niteesh Kumar Dubey, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Ramanjaneya Sarma Burugula, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Joefon Jann, Ossining, NY (US);
Ching-Farn Eric Wu, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, a computer program product, and a system for mitigating unauthorized encryptions of filesystem objects stored on a computing system. The method includes allocating a backup memory area for storing pre-encrypted filesystem objects, setting data bits in an encryption register that allow for monitoring a filesystem object marked for ransomware protection. The method also includes calculating an encryption rate of an encryption occurring on the filesystem object and determining that the encryption rate of the filesystem object exceeds an encryption-rate threshold. The encryption-rate threshold can be set by an administrator when marking the filesystem object for ransomware protection. The method further includes generating an alert to an administrator that the encryption rate of the filesystem object exceeds the encryption rate threshold and storing a backup of the filesystem object for a predetermined amount of time in the backup memory area.