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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2023
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Techniques are provided for device protection against unauthorized encryption using population of available storage. One method comprises obtaining, in response to an unauthorized encryption of data associated with a processing device, an indication of an amount of available storage space in a storage device associated with the processing device; creating a file to populate the indicated amount of available storage space in the storage device; and writing the created file to the storage device. The unauthorized encryption of data may comprise a ransomware attack. The indicated amount of available storage space in the storage device may comprise an amount of available space in a file system associated with the storage device. The file system may write the created file to the storage device by populating available storage areas of the storage device.