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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Mcafee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vinay Mahadik, Milpitas, CA (US);
Bharath Madhusudan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shivakumar Buruganahalli, San Jose, CA (US);
Venu Vissamsetty, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
McAfee, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1433 (2013.01); H04L 63/1408 (2013.01);
Abstract
A particular failed connection attempt initiated by a particular source asset in a network is identified and subsequent failed connection attempts initiated by the particular source asset in the network during a time period are tracked. A low frequency sequence of failed connection attempts involving the particular source asset is detected during the time period and the source asset is designated as a potential security risk based on the detected low frequency sequence of failed connection attempts.