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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2021
Radware, Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Lev Medvedovsky, Netanya, IL;
David Aviv, Tel Aviv, IL;
Radware Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Abstract
A method and system for detecting and mitigation a cyber-attack scanner are provided. The method includes determining if a source network address designated in a received packet is suspicious as of a cyber-attack scanner, wherein the determination is based on a likelihood that the source address was previously frequently encountered; upon determining that the source network address is suspicious, determining diversity of destination network addresses sent by a source having the suspicious network address; and upon determining that the destination network addresses are diversified, generating an alarm indicating that a source network address is a cyber-attack scanner, wherein a cyber-attack scanner is a device to identify destination network addresses in a protected entity that be exploit for at least a cyber-attack scanner.