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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2023
Applicant:

Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Zhibin Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Mengying Jiang, Campbell, CA (US);

Bo Qu, Saratoga, CA (US);

Sultanbek Omurzakov, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1466 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

Inline detection of ransomware attacks using network traffic, such as server message block (SMB) traffic, is disclosed. A network communication between a client and a server is received. A determination is made, using the received network traffic, that a ransomware attack is being attempted against the server. In response to detecting the attempted ransomware attack, a remedial action is performed.


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