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Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 26, 2011
Applicants:

Andreas Wittenstein, Woodacre, CA (US);

Michael Eynon, Mountain View, CA (US);

James Lioyd, San Francisco, CA (US);

Laura Mather, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andreas Wittenstein, Woodacre, CA (US);

Michael Eynon, Mountain View, CA (US);

James Lioyd, San Francisco, CA (US);

Laura Mather, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (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 63/1425 (2013.01); G06F 21/552 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is performed in a network security system implemented in a computer or electronic device that is coupled to secured online resources for detecting unauthorized accesses of those secured online resources. The method includes monitoring a user activity session. It is determined whether the user activity session is indicative of a hidden session by an attacker, where the determination includes comparing the user activity session to an average user activity session.


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