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Patent No.:

US 12634341 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2024

System and method to detect lateral movement of ransomware by deploying a security appliance over a shared network to implement a default gateway with point-to-point links between endpoints

Applicant:

Airgap Networks Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ritesh R. Agrawal, San Jose, CA (US);

Vinay Adavi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Satish M. Mohan, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignees:

Zscaler, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

AIRGAP Networks Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Baratta Law PLLC

Lawrence A. Baratta, Jr.

Primary Examiner:

Brandon Hoffman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1466 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01);
Abstract

A technique to stop lateral movement of ransomware between endpoints in a VLAN is disclosed. A security appliance is set as the default gateway for intra-LAN communication. Message traffic from compromised endpoints is detected. Attributes of ransomware may be detected in the message traffic, as well as attempts to circumvent the security appliance. Compromised devices may be quarantined.

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Agrawal, Ritesh. (2026). System and method to detect lateral movement of ransomware by deploying a security appliance over a shared network to implement a default gateway with point-to-point links between endpoints (U.S. Patent No. 12634341). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12634341

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