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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2023
Applicant:
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ajaya Neupane, San Jose, CA (US);
Yu Fu, Campbell, CA (US);
Mei Wang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Anand Oswal, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/2441 (2022.01); H04L 43/045 (2022.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/2441 (2013.01); H04L 43/045 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, method, and device for detecting Command and Control (C2) traffic is disclosed. The method includes (i) converting a monitored traffic sample to an image representation, (ii) querying a classifier based at least in part on the image representation to obtain a traffic classification, (iii) automatically detecting C2 traffic based at least in part on the traffic classification, and (iv) handling the network traffic based at least in part on the traffic classification.