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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Skybox Security Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lotem Amnon, Ramot Hashavim, IL;
Gideon Cohen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Moshe Meiseles, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Ilan Horn, Givat Ada, IL;
Assignee:
Skybox Security Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G08B 23/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1433 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for evaluating potential attacks of worms, the method includes: associating, in response to information representative of a network and of worm entities, between worm entities and potential worm sources to provide associated worm sources; determining potential worm attacks that start from the associated worm sources; and evaluating at least one potential worm attack security metric associated with the potential worm attacks.